Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 21:57:36 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Chapter 21.5 inaccuracy Message-ID: <200504072157.36942.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <200504051611.27085.josh@tcbug.org> References: <4252F577.3000204@vtspartio.net> <200504051611.27085.josh@tcbug.org>
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On Tuesday 05 April 2005 16:11, Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Tuesday 05 April 2005 15:30, Markus Vuorio wrote: > > Somehow I managed to think that ppp.conf should be located in > > /etc/, though it actually located in /etc/ppp/. You should maybe > > add some directives to 21.5 chapter for ppp.conf location so next > > time I'll find it faster :). I actually made ppp.conf file to > > /etc and then wondered why the heck doesn't it work. > > > > -- > > > > Markus > > markus@vtspartio.net > > If you read the whole page /etc/ppp/ppp.conf is documented > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-s >lip.html > > /etc/ppp/ppp.conf appears to be hard-coded into ppp, so there is no > ambiguity in where the config file will be living on a given > computer. > > There are places where it's called /etc/ppp/ppp.conf > > > 1.2.1.3.1 PPP and Static IP Addresses > > You will need to edit the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf configuration file. It > should look similar to the example below. > > Other places it's simply referred to as ppp.conf > > Line 6 & 7: > > The dial string. User PPP uses an expect-send syntax similar to the > chat(8) program. Refer to the manual page for information on the > features of this language. > > Note that this command continues onto the next line for > readability. Any command in ppp.conf may do this if the last > character on the line is a ``\'' character. > > Would it make sense to change all instances of ppp.conf > to /etc/ppp/ppp.conf? Maybe this is over-kill but it sure takes care of any ambiguity. Sorry I forgot to cc you on the pr....still learning the ropes. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=79667 -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel
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