🚀 go-pugleaf

>>>>> "Geoff" == Geoff Cox <geoff.cox@cableinet.co.uk> wrote:

Geoff> I am using Stefan Davids notes to connect to the Internet using
Geoff> Redhat 6.0 .....  Odd! - I reboot the computer and use "pppd
Geoff> call green" as per his notes and can connect to Demon (ISP) and
Geoff> all works fine...

Geoff> The only way I can disconnect though is by typing ps and
Geoff> getting say 661 tty1 00:00:00:00

killall pppd 

should work, as should 

kill `cat /var/run/ppp0.pid`

Geoff> I then do kill -9 661 and after a few seconds the line drops.

Don't use -9 unless more subtle measures have failed.  SIGKILL is
necessarily terminal so the receiving process can't do any cleaning
up...

Geoff> Whilst on-line ifconfig gives me info for eth0, lo and ppp0

Geoff> If I now re-connect I get a line but cannot get on the Internet and
Geoff> ifconfig shows eth0, lo, ppp0 and ppp1 !!! 

...which pppd needs to do in order for you to reconnect.

Geoff> I have to re-boot in order to connect correctly...!!!

Geoff> Any ideas?

killall pppd or kill `cat /var/run/ppp0.pid` to disconnect.  Give
processes a chance to behave before you SIGKILL them.

Stefan