[pptp-server] linux pptp client: how to stop it?

[Cowles, Steve]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Morse [mailto:svref at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 9:47 AM
> To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> Subject: [pptp-server] linux pptp client: how to stop it?
> 
> 
> I have the linux pptp client working.  Now how do I get it to 
> shut down and free ppp0?  This is so that I can start it again,
> after a remote server reboot or something.
> 

I know... what a pain. The pptp client leaves alot to be desired when it
comes to a connection not shutting down properly.

The only way I have found to accomplish this (short of writing a script) is
to:

1) Manually "kill" the pptpd process. i.e. 
    * ps aux | grep pptpd 
    * kill -TERM <PID> 
   NOTE: PID is the process ID returned from the
   "ps/grep" command.

2) Delete the corresponding pptpd "lock" file (typically) /var/run/pptpd.pid

You should then be able to re-start your connection.

Steve Cowles

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