Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:52:32 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=DEor=F0ur?= Ivarsson <totii@est.is>, "Michael V. Harding" <mvh@netcom.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to start "ppp -auto" on boot? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971029124228.524e-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199710290021.AAA04036@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > Michael V. Harding wrote: > > > > > > I have "ppp -auto someplace" in my "rc.local" file. As of the recent > > > builds, this no longer starts ppp. This is a problem for me, as I > > > admin some remote sites, and if they get rebooted, there's no way for > > > me to contact them. > > > > > > Any suggestions as to where to start PPP? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Mike Harding > > > > I start "ppp -auto" in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and works fine for me > > The best place is in /etc/start_if.tun0 (as suggested in the > handbook). But remember, you should have a blank ifconfig_tun0= line > in rc.conf. Oh? Why do you need the ifconfig_tun0? Works for me without. You *do* need to list tun0 in the network_interfaces section. Danny /* Daniel O'Callaghan */ /* HiLink Internet <http://www.hilink.com.au/>; danny@hilink.com.au */ /* FreeBSD - works hard, plays hard... danny@freebsd.org */
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