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Gene Bomgardner schrieb:

> 
> I'm trying to do a few other things as well. When the system boots,
> I'd like to get user ppp connected. I've got ppp_enable set in
> rc.conf. But no such luck. Is that for kernel ppp only?

AFAIR: yes.

> I've also got a program I'd like to run whenever the system boots up
> (only after ppp is up). Any suggestions as to how to do it? or where
> to look? (didn't see it in the handbook)

Depending on the program, the ports install them automatically in a way
they start up when the system powers up. If your program is not in that
category, put a short shell script into /usr/local/etc/rc.d/xxx.sh.

HTH
-Christoph Sold


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