Daniel Martin at cush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aaron Denney) writes: > > > Why does /etc/ppp/ip-up unnecessarily ifconfig the ppp device? I don't > > believe this is necessary, as ppp appears to set up the device properly > > on its own. As I understand it this file is meant for setting up routes, > > or doing various random hacks at connection time (flushing mail queue, etc.) > > Hmmm... The default /etc/ppp/ip-up that came with my debian CD (ppp > package version 2.2.0f-23) doesn't do that. (it just sets the path > for subsequent, user-added commands).
Wacky. The latest hamm .deb also has only the path defined. I am guessing the ifconfigs got in there a while ago, and the files were not updated with the rest of ppp. In any case, thanks for your confirmation that these aren't necessary. -- Aaron Denney -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
