Morning Star PPP - Stop Launch at boot

[DMS]

Hi...this question goes out to all the Morning Star PPP saavy folks - every
time my OpenServer 5.0.5a machine boots, mstppp tries to make a connection.
Since we want to only connect to the Internet as needed, we don't want this
to happen. How can I stop Morning Star PPP from executing at bootup?
Thanks in advance...

-Doug

[Karel Adams]

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(none too sure:)
I have experienced the same and it was not ppp itself but rather some
IP-related service started just afterwards. Can't remember which one,
though. You might try perhaps try commenting out /etc/rc2.d entries one by
one? Or then again you could boot in system maintenance mode and execute all
of /etc/rc2.d manualy and check when the modem starts dialling out.

Karel (will be glad to learn how you got out)

[Jean-Pierre Radley]

DMS propounded (on Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 08:43:12PM +0000):

| Hi...this question goes out to all the Morning Star PPP saavy folks - every
| time my OpenServer 5.0.5a machine boots, mstppp tries to make a connection.
| Since we want to only connect to the Internet as needed, we don't want this
| to happen. How can I stop Morning Star PPP from executing at bootup?
| Thanks in advance...
|

Delete the word "up" from the Autostart file.

--
JP

[Markus Klauser]

Good Day Doug,

Likely 2 (related) events that trigger the dialing:

1) /usr/lib/mstppp/Autostart - contains a line with the parameters for the
'pppd' command. Each possible connection starts with /usr/lib/mstppp/dialout
plus parameters. Note the '\' command is used to allow insertion of LF's to
promote readability. If the connection includes the 'up' parameter - there's
your answer. If the connection includes the 'auto' parameter the dialout is a
function of 2) below.

2) /usr/lib/mstppp/Filter file contains rules on what packet types trigger
dialout, are allowed to traverse the interface, affect idleout timing, and are
logged. See man 'ppp.Filter'. Specify 'debug 1' in /usr/lib/mstppp/Autostart
and checking /usr/adm/pppd.log will identify what packet type caused the
'bringup'.

So that said if you have a dedicated modem, you can define the rules that
launch the connection and allow it to timeout as well as using the Filter file
to define packets types that are not allowed from the outside (maybe telnet,
ftp, etc).

Markus

DMS wrote:

> Hi...this question goes out to all the Morning Star PPP saavy folks - every
> time my OpenServer 5.0.5a machine boots, mstppp tries to make a connection.
> Since we want to only connect to the Internet as needed, we don't want this
> to happen. How can I stop Morning Star PPP from executing at bootup?
> Thanks in advance...
>

> -Doug

[DMS]

Thanks to everyone for all the input. My Autostart file does not contain
"up", but "auto" is specified, so I'm going to try and familiarize myself
with the Filter file and see what I can come up with. Thanks again!

-Doug