[plug] Re: Running pppd by command prompt.

Michael Holland myk at westnet.com.au
Thu Jul 22 10:21:47 WST 2004


On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Aaron Thorn wrote:

> Whoops, I meant KPPP not pppd.

Why? Whats wrong with running pppd from the command prompt?
It _is_ designed for that. Install it set-uid-root, and put the desired
options in /etc/ppp/peers/<my-isp> .

e.g.  % pppd call <my-isp>

Who needs all that extra complexity of GUI layers? More to go wrong.

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