Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 18:26:07 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: binhdo@binhdo.home.cs.ubc.ca (Binh Do) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ppp -auto invokes the connection all the time... Message-ID: <199602070756.SAA09881@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199602070554.VAA00219@binhdo.home.cs.ubc.ca> from "Binh Do" at Feb 6, 96 09:54:10 pm
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Binh Do stands accused of saying: > > It seems to me that as I put "ppp -auto myprovider" in rc.local, then > the phone line is invoked very frequently eventhoug I do not try to > connect anywhere, and I tried to set NO to almost all entries in > /etc/sysconfig. Is there any way to watch which program or process is > invoking the connection? Thank you. Nameserver lookups. You can configure the 'bpfilter' pseudo-device in your kernel, and use 'tcpdump' to watch traffic on the 'tun0' device. To solve the problem, put 'hosts' before 'bind' in the /etc/host.conf file and add whatever is needed to the /etc/hosts file. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[
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