Maintaining a permanent connection to the net with pppd.

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# 9.15. Maintaining a permanent connection to the net with pppd.

If you are fortunate enough to have a semi permanent connection to the net and would like to have your machine automatically redial your PPP connection if it is lost then here is a simple trick to do so.

Configure PPP such that it can be started by the `root` user by issuing the command:

    # pppd

Be sure that you have the ``-detach`' option configured in your `/etc/ppp/options` file. Then, insert the following line into your `/etc/inittab` file, down with the getty definitions:

    pd:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/pppd

This will cause the init program to spawn and monitor the pppd program and automatically restart it if it dies.

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