Re: Stop PPP connection question

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Stephen Liu wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I ran
>
> # poff ds-provider

ps -f -C pppd

on my "not broadband" :-( system, shows:

UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
root      9744     1  0 06:00 ttyS1    00:00:00 /usr/sbin/pppd call provider


"poff", which is a script, deftly picks off the "provider" piece and 
cancels pppd if it was running provider.

In your case "ds-provider".


> /usr/bin/poff: I could not find a pppd process for
> provider 'ds-provider'. None      stopped.

That means pppd was not running ds-provider.
What does ps -f -C pppd show?


> It complained.  ifconfig showed broadband still
> connected
>
> If run
> # poff
> No printout.
>
> ifconfig showed broadband disconnected.
>
> Can any folk help me to understancd why?  TIA
>
> B.R.
> Stephen Liu