On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 02:31:20PM +0000, P. U. Kruppa wrote:
> In the meantime I found # man and copied/edited this
> - working - /usr/local/etc/rc.d - script:
>
> -------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh -
> #
> # initialization/shutdown script for pppd
> case "$1" in
> start)
> /usr/sbin/ppp -nat -ddial adsl && echo -n ' pppd'
> ;;
> stop)
> kill `cat /var/run/foo.pid` && echo -n ' pppd'
> ;;
> *)
> echo "unknown option: $1 - should be 'start' or 'stop'" >&2
> ;;
> esac
> ------------------------------------------
>
> Does this do anything substantially different to your idea?
No -- I expect that the command line actually executed will be the same in
either case.
I guess the advantage of the script is that you have the 'stop' option as
well, which you don't get with rc.conf. On the other hand, it's one more
script you have to maintain.
Personally I'd go with the rc.conf variables and use pppctl to shut down
the daemon if I ever needed to, but I think it's down to personal
preference at this point.
Cheers,
Scott
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