Re: PPP and NAMED (can't work together ?)

[Bruce Tong <zztong laxmi ev net>]

> But, in the time of set the interfaces up, the PPPD lates more time
> as if resolving something unknown via DNS or I dont know what in the
> hell he is looking for  :)

I was recently chasing a similar problem. A friend of mine suggested
strace and it turned out to be pretty helpful in diagnosing things...

/usr/bin/strace -o /tmp/pppd.log -f /usr/sbin/pppd  .... etc ....

The you can tail /tmp/pppd.log and see what system call (with all the
parameters) it is on when it seems to pause. In my case it was attempting
to talk to the DNS. Then I strace'd the DNS and found the real source of
my problem. (DNS configuration.)


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