> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:slug-admin@;slug.org.au]On Behalf Of > Simon Bryan > Sent: Monday, 4 November 2002 3:39 PM > To: Slug > Subject: [SLUG] ppp log? > > > Hi all, > I am in a state of shock at the moment, my monthly Optus internet bill > instead of being the normal $39 is $1079! Apparently my modem > has not been > hanging up and I have chlaked up 300 excess hours at $3.50 > per hour. Now I > have no reason to disbelieve them as I have noticed that it > is occasionally > on-line when I go to use it, but did not realise just how > much it had been > on line. > > Now the question is this, I am using a RH7.2 server and ppp > on a dial-up > connection, is there anywhere that ppp would log its 'session > times'. I am > not at home at the moment but would like to have some idea as > to where to > look later tonight. I imagine it is all buried in syslog and > that a suitable > grep might reveal the information?
Sounds like netbios broadcasts are keeping the link up, or bring it up at strange times... you need to create rules to stop this type of packet doing this. As for the information in the log, I believe each time a session is started/ended its also put in syslog, as your hunch suggests. Thanks -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
