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  From: Benjamin Close <benjsc@senet.com.au>
  To  : Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:32:22 +1030

Re: Damn Puters!

Darryl Ross wrote:

> Benjamin Close wrote:
>
> > If you want it to dial then there is no need to put it in inittab.
Put it
> > in /etc/rc.d/rc.local instead.
> > This gets run only once unlike the listings in /etc/initab which
respawn -
> > as you found out :)
>
> How do I get it to reconnect if it dies?

Have a look around at diald (Demand dialer daemon) which can be set to
dial at
certain times,  and can be setup to reconnect if disconnected. It can
also be
setup to initiate a connection on startup.

Cheers,

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