which references this howto: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/PPP-HOWTO.html#AEN582
Nobody seems to have responded to his request on how to integrate pppd into
inittab. I was curious if the ppp howto solution is a good way to reestablish lost connections, or if there is a better way, or perhaps I've missed a setting?
If the ppp howto solution is a good idea, what sort of alterations to the ppp and pppoe configuration must occur so that the pppd can be executed from inittab? I'm thinking modify the /etc/ppp/options file so that it has '-detach', and then I can add to the inittab next to the getty spawns 'pd:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/pppd call dsl-provider eth0'. I doubt that would work since I've tried running '/usr/sbin/pppd call dsl-provider eth0' from the command line after I've lost connection, and it did not reinitiate the connection.
If details will help with this, here's some of my setup information:
I'm running Bering-uClibc 2.0 with the default ppp and pppoe packages. I've configured the following files:
/etc/network/interfaces
# Step 1: PPP/PPPOE (modem connected to eth0)
auto ppp0
iface ppp0 inet ppp
pre-up ip link set eth0 up
provider dsl-provider eth0
/etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider pty "pppoe -I eth0 -T 80 -m 1452"
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