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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!msuinfo!news.mtu.edu!lisa.acs.nmu.edu!lisa.acs.nmu.edu!not-for-mail From: scottr@lisa.acs.nmu.edu (Scott Reynolds) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: PPP for BSD? [ppp-2.1.2] Date: 12 Nov 1994 12:41:02 -0500 Organization: Northern Michigan University Lines: 67 Message-ID: <3a2une$lso@lisa.acs.nmu.edu> References: <39imde$5hj@case.cyberspace.com> <RICK.94Nov9150356@vox.trystero.com> <RICK.94Nov11114322@vox.trystero.com> <3a0j5h$ahd@bart.acs.nmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lisa.acs.nmu.edu Keywords: ppp dialup persist Well, in fact, my suggestion worked with a minor modification. I spent a little bit of time on it because I wanted an auto-redial in case the line was busy... # # /etc/ttys # (note: FreeBSD has /usr/libexec/pppd, does it not?) # . . tty01 "/usr/sbin/pppd tty01 9600" unknown on . . # # /etc/ppp/options # (consult pppd(8) for what these mean -- some are defaults, but # included for clarity's sake) # lock local -detach connect "/etc/ppp/dial" mru 296 noipdefault ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote defaultroute user anonymous # # /etc/ppp/dial # #!/bin/sh /usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/ppp/dial.scr && exit 0 sleep 300 # 5 minutes between redials exit 1 # # /etc/ppp/dial.scr # ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' '' AT\r\c TIMEOUT 5 OK-AT\r\c-OK ATDT5551212\r\c TIMEOUT 45 host: ppp\r\c ogin: anonymous\r\c word: guest\r\c How it works: init(8) keeps the pppd process running just as if it were a getty running on the port. The /etc/ppp/options script uses a connect program that, if the dial succeeds, returns true (0) and lets pppd set up the connection. If the dial fails, the script returns false (1) after sleeping for 5 minutes so as to keep init() from complaining about pppd looping too fast. (I imagine you could sleep for as little as 5-10 seconds without difficulty.) Please note that the "-detach" in /etc/ppp/options is critical! Whatever else you may change, leave this in if you are going to run pppd from init. "Works for me." Your mileage may vary, of course. --scott #include <std/disclaimer.h>