On Mon, 2006-08-05 at 14:26 -0400, H.S. wrote: > My machine, runngin Debian Etch, was previously connected to the > internet through an ADSL modem. Now I have an older computer which > connects that way and I use a switch to connect to that computer (the > computer works as a router). > > In my machine, how do I prevent pppd from starting at boot time and > looking for a pppoe dsl connection? The machine is running 2.6.15 kernel. > > Either an option to make it not start up at boot would be okay or if I > can know which package is responsible for that service, I could remove > that package.
To remove the package from startup do this (assuming the daemon name is pppd): update-rc.d -f pppd remove In order to find out which package this file belongs to, do this: dpkg -S /etc/init.d/pppd Hope this helps, -Gezim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
