<html><div> Fedora user's group: I installed the PPTP VPN on a client to connect via pptpvpn to a server which is running it. I used pptpconfig to config the network. When I connect, the VPN runs fine. I looked in pptpconfig and saw it does a /usr/sbin/pppd call myserver logfd 1 updetach persist (I used "myserver" in this mail instead of the actual name). So I made a file /etc/init.d/pptpvpn where under start) I do the above (along with some checking, etc). This also works nicely, when I but (after chkconfig on) the VPN comes up and I can connect. Problem is, if somehow the pptp process dies, if it is in /etc/init.d it won't start up automatically again (which I need), so instead I transfered to /etc/inittab: vp:35:respawn:/usr/sbin/pppd call myserver logfd 1 updetach persist A "kill -1 1" or reboot will start this, but a ps just shows two processes with that but I can't ping. A few minutes later it shows two processes again but with new PIDs. Then a few minutes later two new processes with the same parameters (there are only 2 at a time). I can't ping anything on the VPN either (and I do add the routes in ip-up.local so from the /etc/rc5.d script it starts up the route). Anyway how can I either modify my script in /etc/init.d (linked to /etc/rc*.d) to respawn in the (unlikely but possible) case the process dies, or modify /etc/inittab to work correctly? Thanks </div><tavaresfernando@yahoo.com><goedigi89__e@cox.net><fedora-list@redhat.com><cs@zip.com.au><fedora-list@redhat.com><ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au><cs@zip.com.au><tom.horsley@att.net><cs@zip.com.au><jc@hangarpilot.net><fedora-list@redhat.com><ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au><fedora-list@redhat.com><info@allmightytrader.com><amadeus84@verizon.net><pan.2008.06.30.03.58.15@verizon.net><ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au><fedora-list@redhat.com><parshwa23@gmail.com><pocallaghan@gmail.com><matt_domsch@dell.com><sundaram@fedoraproject.org><matt_domsch@dell.com><fedora-list@redhat.com><chitlesh.goorah@gmail.com><fedora-list@redhat.com><sundaram@fedoraproject.org><roberto.malinverni@dico.coop.it><fedora-list@redhat.com><goedigi89__e@cox.net><akelly@corisweb.org><fedora-list@redhat.com><snip><frankly3d-fedoracore@utvinternet.com><fedora-list@redhat.com><kwokhon@gmail.com><fedora-list@redhat.com><de611a300806300134r519087dtb87d01a172f3e22b@mail.gmail.com><tomek@crocom.com.pl><fedora-list@redhat.com><tomek@crocom.com.pl><fedora-list@redhat.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></tomek@crocom.com.pl></fedora-list@redhat.com></tomek@crocom.com.pl></de611a300806300134r519087dtb87d01a172f3e22b@mail.gmail.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></kwokhon@gmail.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></frankly3d-fedoracore@utvinternet.com></snip></fedora-list@redhat.com></akelly@corisweb.org></goedigi89__e@cox.net></fedora-list@redhat.com></roberto.malinverni@dico.coop.it></sundaram@fedoraproject.org></fedora-list@redhat.com></chitlesh.goorah@gmail.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></matt_domsch@dell.com></sundaram@fedoraproject.org></matt_domsch@dell.com></pocallaghan@gmail.com></parshwa23@gmail.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au></pan.2008.06.30.03.58.15@verizon.net></amadeus84@verizon.net></info@allmightytrader.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au></fedora-list@redhat.com></jc@hangarpilot.net></cs@zip.com.au></tom.horsley@att.net></cs@zip.com.au></ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au></fedora-list@redhat.com></cs@zip.com.au></fedora-list@redhat.com></goedigi89__e@cox.net></tavaresfernando@yahoo.com></html>