Re: Timer for internet connections

1997-06-19 Thread Rob Browning
BG Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way for my modem to stop pppd when it ends, at present it just > goes on running when the modem is cut off. Look at the pppd man pages and check out the lcp options. These will enable a low level "ping" which will kill pppd when it fails. Note tha

Timer for internet connections

1997-06-19 Thread BG Lim
This is not actually a debian query. I dial in to get a PPP connection. Problem is, I'm limited to 2 hours. After that, I get cut off automatically. I log on with Seyon, then execute pppd as root. I run the browser etc as a normal user. Is there a security risk? What I want to know, is is there a