Re: pppd leaves lock file after quitting

[Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>]

BG Lim <s_beng@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> writes:

> Problem is, when pppd stops, it leaves the lock file in /var/lock. Do I
> have to remove the file itself?
> 
> Also is there a better way to stop pppd than just killing it?

How are you killing it?  You want to be sending it a sighup, not a
kill (if you are).  I just use "kill PID", and haven't seen any stale
lockfiles, but maybe you're situation is different.

-- 
Rob


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