[5054] in RedHat Linux List
Re: All clear! Pppd from hell is slain.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lance Cummings)
Mon Nov 18 18:05:52 1996
From: "Lance Cummings" <lance@iac.co.jp>
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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 07:58:53 +0900
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On Mon, 18 Nov 1996 13:00:32 -0500
"Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>"Lance Cummings" writes:
>>1) Obviously I don't want my interface active at boot, right?
>
>Well, it's obvious from what you've said that *you* don't want it
>started at boot; it's not obvious that joe random user won't want
>it started at boot...
>
>But I think that you are right that it's an unreasonable default.
>Therefore, the next version of netcfg will ship with the default
>setting for PPP and SLIP interfaces not to come up at boot time
>by default.
>
>>I mean that *is* how this all got started, right? But do I want
>>it active at all? What exactly does "active" vs. "inactive" mean?
>>Does it have to be "active" to use it at all? I'm afraid I don't
>>understand this very well.
>
>Active means that the device has been activated, that the interface
>is up, that you are connected through it. Inactive is the opposite.
>
>michaelkjohnson
Thanks for the help, Michael. I do appreciate it.
But I *am* <g> Joe Random User! Both my understanding of
and ability to operate this OS are as random as anyone's.
Best,
JRU
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