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Re: [Plug] Crashed logins
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> I use my computer as an ipmasq gateway for my parents' computer, an
> old Macintosh. The easiest way I've found for them to start and stop
> an Internet connection is by creating a telnet account that simply
> creates a lock on the connection, and deletes it when they log out.
> As long as somebody has a lock on the connection, nobody can kill the
> connection.
As an alternative approach, you may find diald interesting. It allows you
to configure "dial-on-demand" connectivity, which will trigger a dialup
PPP or SLIP connection to your provider when it detects IP traffic
destined for your default gateway, and automatically disconnects you after
so many minutes of inactivity. It's quite nice, once configured properly.
See http://diald.unix.ch/FAQ/diald-faq.html for more information. There's
also a Debian package available.
-mct
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