Try the ppp-2.3.7-3mdk.i386.rpm I made. It is located in
ftp.linux-mandrake.com/pub/updates/test/RPMS
Note that you have to reconfigure your ppp after installing that rpm. The only
difference between the original package and this one is that the pid-file is
located in /var/run.
Good luck!
Nikodemus
> Dear Mandrake Users;
>
> I am using a 'PPP' link to my IPS. Usually 'pppd' creates a
> '/var/run/ppp0.pid' which contains the PID of that process. You can use
> this to kill the PPP process and break the connection later. But in case
> of Linux-Mandrake 'pppd' creates a '/etc/ppp/ppp0.pid' file instead, which
> is not standard. Because all '.pid' files should go to '/var/run'
> directory and not some place else. I want to know how can I fix this. I
> mean how can I make 'pppd' to create it's 'ppp0.pid' in the '/var/run'
> (standard place) and not '/etc/ppp'.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Hassan
>
> ----------------------
> Hassan Monzavi
>
> Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton, Alberta
> Canada T6G 2N8
> Office : C8 Pharmacy/Dentistry
> Lab. : 1104 Pharmacy/Dentistry
> Phone : (780)492-0305 Office
> (780)492-6719 Lab.
> Fax : (780)439-5857
> E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> WWW : http://www.ualberta.ca/~hmonzavi
> ---------------------
