Re: tlug: Duplicate spawns of pppd

[Neil Booth <NeilB@example.com>]

Neil Booth wrote:
> 
> The scripts that come with Redhat 5.2 have an annoying habit of
> respawing pppd when the
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/network-functions/ifdown-ppp
> 
> script is run.

Ha, got this one. It was hard to work out what was doing what - so many
scripts get launched that I cannot do enough "ps axl"s to work see
parent processes in time, so half of the stuff has parent init. 

Anyway, I tracked it down to the damned dock-app wmppp. And do I feel
stupid.

Neil.
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