Terminating the Connection

Normally the PPP connection will terminate automatically when the PPP daemon notices the line has been idle for a period longer than the period specified by the inactivity_timeout keyword in the /etc/asppp.cf file. If you want to terminate the connection earlier, you must send the SIGHUP signal to the aspppd daemon.

1. Find the process ID for aspppd with the ps and grep commands.

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   ps -e | grep aspppd
   

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   A result similar to the following will appear:

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   73?				0:02 aspppd

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   The 73 is the process ID number of aspppd.

2. Send the SIGHUP signal with the kill command.

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   kill -HUP 73
   

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   The PPP connection is terminated.