output of ps -ef | grep pppd root 620 1 0 23:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/pppd pty pptp --nolaunchpppd unit 0 linkname ppp0 persist defaultmetric 4007 maxfail 0 root 995 620 0 23:44 ? 00:00:00 pptp 10.19.143.130 --nolaunchpppd root 1000 26963 0 23:44 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --colour=auto pppd