svn commit: r192799 - head/share/examples/ppp

Brian Somers brian at FreeBSD.org
Tue May 26 07:40:33 UTC 2009


Author: brian
Date: Tue May 26 07:40:32 2009
New Revision: 192799
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/192799

Log:
  Mention the danger of running programs using ``!''.
  
  PR:		112481
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample

Modified: head/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample
==============================================================================
--- head/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample	Tue May 26 07:32:08 2009	(r192798)
+++ head/share/examples/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample	Tue May 26 07:40:32 2009	(r192799)
@@ -30,11 +30,16 @@ MYADDR:
 192.244.176.32:
  add 192.244.176.0 0 HISADDR
 
-#You may want to execute a script after connecting.  This script can do
+# You may want to execute a script after connecting.  This script can do
 # nice things such as kick off "sendmail -q", "popclient my.isp" and
 # "slurp -d news".  It can be passed MYADDR, HISADDR and INTERFACE
 # as arguments too - useful for informing a DNS of your assigned IP.
 #
+# NOTE: It's vital that you use ``!bg'' rather than ``!'' if the program
+#       you're running will take some time or will require network
+#       connectivity.  Using ``!'' will delay ppp 'till the completion
+#       of the program being run!
+#
 # You may also want some sound effects....
 #
 pmdemand:


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