If you are fortunate enough to have a semi permanent connection
to the net and would like to have your machine automatically
redial your PPP connection if it is lost then here is a simple
trick to do so.
Configure PPP such that it can be started by the root user by issuing the command:
Be sure that you have the
`
-detach' option configured in your
/etc/ppp/options file. Then, insert the
following line into your
/etc/inittab
file, down with the
getty definitions:
pd:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/pppd
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This will cause the
init program
to spawn and monitor the
pppd program and
automatically restart it if it dies.
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