37356 – added an init.d script for the pptpd ebuild

Bug 37356 - added an init.d script for the pptpd ebuild

Summary: added an init.d script for the pptpd ebuild

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Jared H. Hudson (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2004-01-05 17:46 UTC by Ken Wilson
Modified:	2004-09-27 06:16 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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a great improved pptpd rc file (pptpd,544 bytes, text/plain) 2004-01-05 20:33 UTC, Jeffrey Forman (RETIRED)	Details
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Description Ken Wilson 2004-01-05 17:46:41 UTC

Hi, listed below is an init.d script for the pptpd ebuild

Cheers
Ken Wilson


<START>

#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 1999-2003 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
depend() {
        need net
}

start() {

        ebegin "Starting PPTPD"
        cd /usr/sbin
        ./pptpd
        eend $?
}

stop() {
        ebegin "Stopping PPTPD"
        killall pptpd >/dev/null
        eend $?
}

<STOP>

Comment 1 Jeffrey Forman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-01-05 20:33:21 UTC

Created attachment 23223 [details]
a great improved pptpd rc file

Comment 2 Ken Wilson 2004-01-05 20:40:56 UTC

Thanks Jeff, I've been using Gentoo for a while, this is the first thing i've submitted. So thanks for the feedback

Ken

Comment 3 Clay Culver 2004-02-25 20:16:01 UTC

I just tested Jeffrey Forman's improved init file.  Works perfectly on my system.

Comment 4 Daniel Black (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-09-27 06:16:25 UTC

added with pptp-1.5