[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Unfortunately, my pppd binary comes stripped in RH6.0 distribution
> so I can't attach a debugger to it and see what sends the SIGINT.
That wouldn't tell you anyway. When a process gets a signal there is
no indication of where it came from.
> I tried the suggestion I read in some ppp documentation somewhere
> and put the line
>
> pd:23:respawn:/etc/ppp/ppp-on
>
> in my /etc/inittab file to workaround the problem. I ran into
> another problem. When that line is executed in inittab, there
> are 8 instances of pppd created, all at the same time! Pretty
> strange given that the ppp start scripts are taken right out
> of what came in the scripts directory in the distribution.
> Any idea what I'm missing here?
Normally pppd detaches itself from its controlling terminal and does
its work in the background. If you are starting pppd from inittab,
you should use the "nodetach" option.
Paul.
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