Subject: Re: PPP DOD Dials Modem in middle of the night.
To: None <rgfischer@mail.hac.com>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/02/1998 17:12:34
Probably trying to contact a DNS nameserver... Make sure that you have
everything you could possibly want to resolve in your /etc/hosts file,
and make sure that resolv.conf lists "lookup file bind" (putting "file"
first)!
On Tue, 2 Jun 1998 rgfischer@mail.hac.com wrote:
>
> I started using PPP Dial-on-Demand in the not too distant past.
> Now I've noticed that at around 3:00 am, my computer has been dialing
> up my ISP and then staying connected until it times out 15 minutes
> later. I'm assuming that this is happening when the daemon processes
> send their nightly reports to Root.
>
> Since they don't try to access any external sites (just sending mail
> to itself), How can I get this to stop short of turning off the modem
> at night?
>
> Thanks,
> Roger
>
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