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From: Chuck <crtb@capecod.net>
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Subject: pppd fails to clear routing table
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Sometimes, perhaps half the time, when my line drops (almost always by
the ISP because of a timeout), pppd fails to clear the routes.  I tried
to add scripting in /etc/ppp/ip-down to clear the routes, and always
get permission denied; "you must be root to fiddle with route".  Now,
man pppd says that ip-down is exec'ed by pppd upon disconnection, as
root.  Well, the route command feels differently!

So there are two issues:
1. Why is the route table sometimes not cleared?  The IP address for the
ppp link will remain sometimes after the line has gone.

2. Why does route(8) deny ip-down permission to alter routes?

        Chuck Bacon -- crtb@capecod.net
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