On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Paul Mackerras wrote:
...
> > 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.
Thanks, Paul! The "nodetach" option did the trick.
The workaround to my problem is running pppd from
inittab so that when it dies on exit, another one
is respawned automatically. It's working now with
the demand dial option.
Still don't know where the SIGINT is coming from.
Thanks,
/basie
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