[pptp-server] bringing pptp client down--safely

[Daniell Freed]

OK here is a crazy question.  How do you bring down a pptp client
safely?  I am using the linux pptp client on my machine and am able to
connect just fine to my pptp server.  

But I don't want to be connected all the time to the pptp server, so I
want to be able to bring the connection down.  I used ifconfig ppp0 down
to close the connection, but when I when to reastablish the connection a
few minutes later I couldn't.  I would get this error:

warn[open_unixsock:pptp_callmgr.c:308]: Call manager for 207.1.3.123 is
already running.
fatal[callmgr_main:pptp_callmgr.c:124]: Could not open unix socket for
207.1.3.123
fatal[launch_callmgr:pptp.c:213]: Call manager exited with error 256 

The only way I seemed to be able to get the connection working again
would be to reboot my machine and then bring up the connection.

Anyone know if there is an easier way?  I tried restarted networking but
that didn't help either.

Thanks

-- 
Daniell Freed
Computer Services
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