And another possibility is that the persist option was introduced into pppd AFTER the howto was written, thereby explaining all the mystery :-). Schlomo On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, shaul wrote: > [03:44:27 shaul]$ zcat /usr/doc/HOWTO/NET-3-HOWTO.gz | head -4 > Linux NET-3-HOWTO, Linux Networking. > Terry Dawson, VK2KTJ, Alessandro Rubini (maintainer), > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > v1.3, 1 April 1998 > Broken pipe > [03:44:56 shaul]$ > [03:46:24 shaul]$ zcat /usr/doc/HOWTO/NET-3-HOWTO.gz | grep -A27 "Maintaining > a permanent connection to the net with pppd ." > 6.24.1. Maintaining a permanent connection to the net with pppd . > > If you are fortunate enough to have a semi permanent connection to the > net and would like to have your machine automatically redial your PPP > connection if it is lost then here is a simple trick to do so. > > Configure PPP such that it can be started by the root user by issuing > the command: > > > # pppd > > > > > Be sure that you have the `-detach' option configured in your > /etc/ppp/options file. Then, insert the following line into your > /etc/inittab file, down with the getty definitions: > > > pd:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/pppd > > > > This will cause the init program to spawn and monitor the pppd program > and automatically restart it if it dies. > > [03:46:34 shaul]$ > > What bothers me is that the HOWTO maintainer does not mention the persist > option of the PPP daemon. > Is it because his suggestion have some advantages over using the persist > option ? Perhaps the persist option does not suit the described situation ? > Perhaps using the persist option is completely equivalent to the method he > describes, which is why he prefer not to metion redundant details ? And > anyway, assuming that the persist method is suitable for dealing with a > temporarily break in the permanent link, what are the merits and disadvantages > of the persist option and what are those of the inittab entry method ? > > Thank you. > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
