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From: ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Alec Habig)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: kermit & ppp
Date: 5 Jan 1995 18:27:40 GMT
Organization: Indiana University Astrophysics, Bloomington, IN
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shawn@oa.com writes:
>s2466901@techst02.technion.ac.il (Levy Eliav ) says:
>>   I'm using kermit to establish a ppp connection,
>>   How can i "quit" kermit and activate pppd without hanging up the line ?
>
>         Good question???  

Just get back to the kermit> prompt, and background kermit using ^Z.  Then
start up pppd from your normal shell prompt.  fg kermit again when finished
with ppp, so that you can hang up and exit cleanly.

	Alec

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