[openbeos] Re: ppp_server backround app or registrar add-on?
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:37:19 +0100 CET
"Waldemar Kornewald" <Waldemar.Kornewald@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > As Ingo pointed out, the registrar is not the preferred host.
> > If the net server cannot start a PPP app itself on demand, I think
> > it's
> > reasonable to have a separate server running in the background -
> > but of
> > course, only if DUN on demand has been chosen.
> > We could also just have something like inetd which is able to do
> > that
> > (amonst the usual other stuff).
> The server would always run in the background because it also adds
> a Deskbar replicant when a connection is established (like in
> Windows).
> So, I will add a permanent background app.
If the deskbar replicant is only there when the connection is there,
too, there would be no need for an additional permanent background app.
IOW the cause contradicts the consequence.
Bye,
Axel.
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