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Date:      Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:53:58 -0600
From:      Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Problems stopping pptp...
Message-ID:  <4231DB36.20000@computer.org>

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Hello,

I have some keybindings on my laptop that allow me to easily start and 
stop a pptp connection to my office.

It looks something like:
   Control Shift V opens the vpn using
      sudo pptp x.x.x.x OFFICE
   Alt Shift V closes the connection
      sudo killall -TERM ppp

When I do this (stopping pptp) I get a pptp.core in my home dir.  In 
fact no matter what I try... I allways end up with a core.

I have tried:
   # as myself
   sudo killall -TERM ppp
   sudo kill -TERM `cat /var/run/tun0.pid`
   sudo killall -TERM pptp
Also tried those as root (without sudo).
I have tried all of the above after issuing the pptp command from CLI as 
root.  Still no luck

I have also tried other signals (QUIT, ABRT).

So... the question is.. How am I supposed to shut down a pptp 
connection?  I would like to be able to do it with sudo, or at least 
some way to bind it to keys of non-root users.

Thanks,

-- 
Regards,
Eric



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