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Date:      Mon, 16 Aug 1999 19:08:28 -0500
From:      "Paul R. Petitt" <prpetitt@theshop.net>
To:        Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com>
Cc:        "David B. Aas" <dave@ciminot.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Where are the PPP config files? 
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.58.19990816190743.00a3a3a0@mail.theshop.net>
In-Reply-To: <19990816033622.12BDB20A@woodstock.monkey.net>
References:  <Your message of "Sun, 15 Aug 1999 22:18:08 CDT." <004801bee795$f8ffa740$0fc8a8c0@dave.ciminot.com>

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try /usr/share/examples






At 10:36 PM 8/15/99 -0500, Jon Hamilton wrote:







>In message <004801bee795$f8ffa740$0fc8a8c0@dave.ciminot.com>, "David B. 
>Aas" wr
>ote:
>} I installed FBSD 3.2 with an FTP install. I did a user (non-X) install.
>}
>} Now I want to set up PPP, so I go to my trusty "The Complete FreeBSD" book,
>} and Greg says that the sample config files are under /etc/ppp. Except that I
>} only have 2 files in the directory. Where are the rest?
>}
>} I looked in the Ports Collection index, to look for "User PPP", and didn't
>} see anything to install.
>}
>} I also checked the MAN page. Nothing there.
>
>Oh please.  The man page is more than 2700 lines of almost nothing _but_
>describing options and their usage.
>
>} Where else can I look to install these files?
>
>Which files?  ppp.conf is really all you should need.
>
>} Thanks for your help.
>
>You'll get more useful assistance if you describe what you are trying to
>do, what you did, and what the results were, and what surprised you about
>the results.  The question you asked is so vague it's hard to even know
>where to start.
>
>http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ppp.html will likely be of considerable
>help as well; if you are still having problems after reading through that
>and the man page, come back and ask some specific questions.
>
>--
>    Jon Hamilton
>    hamilton@pobox.com
>
>
>
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