Chapter 21.5 inaccuracy

[Josh Paetzel]

On Tuesday 05 April 2005 16:11, Josh Paetzel wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 April 2005 15:30, Markus Vuorio wrote:
> > Somehow I managed to think that ppp.conf should be located in
> > /etc/, though it actually located in /etc/ppp/. You should maybe
> > add some directives to 21.5 chapter for ppp.conf location so next
> > time I'll find it faster :). I actually made ppp.conf file to
> > /etc and then wondered why the heck doesn't it work.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Markus
> > markus at vtspartio.net
>
> If you read the whole page /etc/ppp/ppp.conf is documented
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-s
>lip.html
>
> /etc/ppp/ppp.conf appears to be hard-coded into ppp, so there is no
> ambiguity in where the config file will be living on a given
> computer.
>
> There are places where it's called /etc/ppp/ppp.conf
>
>
> 1.2.1.3.1 PPP and Static IP Addresses
>
> You will need to edit the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf configuration file. It
> should look similar to the example below.
>
> Other places it's simply referred to as ppp.conf
>
> Line 6 & 7:
>
> The dial string. User PPP uses an expect-send syntax similar to the
> chat(8) program. Refer to the manual page for information on the
> features of this language.
>
> Note that this command continues onto the next line for
> readability. Any command in ppp.conf may do this if the last
> character on the line is a ``\'' character.
>
> Would it make sense to change all instances of ppp.conf
> to /etc/ppp/ppp.conf?

Maybe this is over-kill but it sure takes care of any ambiguity.
Sorry I forgot to cc you on the pr....still learning the ropes.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=79667


-- 
Thanks,

Josh Paetzel