Re: (PPP and diald) Question about startup files
Bruce Perens writes ("Re: (PPP and diald) Question about startup files"):
> > I would like to know why PPP is killed and started when entering run level
> > two. Isn't it supposed to be started in 2-5 and killed in 0,1,6?
>
> If it wasn't killed and one was already running, you might then have two
> running. I think start-stop-daemon was supposed to take care of that.
Right. PPP should provide only the S scripts in 2-5. (This happens
by default with newer update-rc.d's, unless the package maintainer
overrides its default options.)
> I also have a hack in /etc/init.d/rc (look for "Temporary Feature" in that
> file) to avoid the stop and then start again behavior - I think that's still
> in the distributed version.
Can it be removed, please ? It's a pain. (See my bug report.)
Ian.
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