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#!/bin/bash
# Killing ppp to force a log-off.
# For dialup connection, of course.
# Script should be run as root user.
SERPORT=ttyS3
# Depending on the hardware and even the kernel version,
#+ the modem port on your machine may be different --
#+ /dev/ttyS1 or /dev/ttyS2.
killppp="eval kill -9 `ps ax | awk '/ppp/ { print $1 }'`"
# -------- process ID of ppp -------
$killppp # This variable is now a command.
# The following operations must be done as root user.
chmod 666 /dev/$SERPORT # Restore r+w permissions, or else what?
# Since doing a SIGKILL on ppp changed the permissions on the serial port,
#+ we restore permissions to previous state.
rm /var/lock/LCK..$SERPORT # Remove the serial port lock file. Why?
exit $?
# Exercises:
# ---------
# 1) Have script check whether root user is invoking it.
# 2) Do a check on whether the process to be killed
#+ is actually running before attempting to kill it.
# 3) Write an alternate version of this script based on 'fuser':
#+ if [ fuser -s /dev/modem ]; then . . .
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