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Re: Confusion about /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider file.



On Thursday 22 May 2008 16:31:55 Josef Wolf wrote:
> I've done some more investigations, and it looks like this is not a
> new inconsistency.  It seems to already exist for quite a while.  I
> have multiple etch boxes here, some with "provider" and some with
> "dsl-provider".  AFAICS, it boils down to how pppoe was installed:
>
> 1. Some boxes were installed with vanilla intstall cd.  Here, pppoe
>    is installed manually by running "pppoeconf ethX" which stores into
>    /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider
>
> 2. Other boxes are installed with ppp-udeb preseeded.  Here,
>    ppp-udeb.postinst stores configuration into /etc/ppp/peers/provider

Please file a bug report about this against ppp-udeb with severity minor and 
I'll look into it. Make sure you include the info above as that does seem 
to explain the difference.

Cheers,
FJP


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