Revive the connect-max-attempts option. When running in persist mode,

this limits the number of retries before aborting.  This can save
expensive phone bills. :-)  See rev 1.6 of main.c for original.

usr.sbin/pppd/main.c

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #ifndef lint
-static char rcsid[] = "$Id: main.c,v 1.13 1997/08/19 17:52:43 peter Exp $";
+static char rcsid[] = "$Id: main.c,v 1.14 1997/08/22 12:03:55 peter Exp $";
 #endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
     sigset_t mask;
     struct protent *protp;
     struct stat statbuf;
+    int connect_attempts = 0;
 
     phase = PHASE_INITIALIZE;
     p = ttyname(0);
@@ -472,6 +473,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	    if (device_script(connector, ttyfd, ttyfd) < 0) {
 		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Connect script failed");
 		setdtr(ttyfd, FALSE);
+		connect_attempts++;
 		goto fail;
 	    }
 
@@ -479,6 +481,8 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	    sleep(1);		/* give it time to set up its terminal */
 	}
 
+	connect_attempts = 0;	/* we made it through ok */
+
 	/* set line speed, flow control, etc.; clear CLOCAL if modem option */
 	set_up_tty(ttyfd, 0);
 
@@ -487,7 +491,8 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	    while ((i = open(devnam, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
 		if (errno != EINTR)
 		    syslog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to reopen %s: %m", devnam);
-		if (!persist || errno != EINTR || hungup || kill_link)
+		if (!persist || errno != EINTR ||
+			hungup || kill_link)
 		    goto fail;
 	    }
 	    close(i);
@@ -602,6 +607,11 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	    iffilename[0] = 0;
 	}
 
+	/* limit to retries? */
+	if (max_con_attempts)
+	    if (connect_attempts >= max_con_attempts)
+		break;
+
 	if (!persist)
 	    break;
 

usr.sbin/pppd/options.c

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #ifndef lint
-static char rcsid[] = "$Id: options.c,v 1.14 1997/08/22 15:50:09 peter Exp $";
+static char rcsid[] = "$Id: options.c,v 1.15 1997/10/10 06:02:56 peter Exp $";
 #endif
 
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ int	nodetach = 0;		/* Don't detach from controlling tty */
 char	*connector = NULL;	/* Script to establish physical link */
 char	*disconnector = NULL;	/* Script to disestablish physical link */
 char	*welcomer = NULL;	/* Script to run after phys link estab. */
+int	max_con_attempts = 0;	/* Maximum connect tries in non-demand mode */
 int	maxconnect = 0;		/* Maximum connect time */
 char	user[MAXNAMELEN];	/* Username for PAP */
 char	passwd[MAXSECRETLEN];	/* Password for PAP */
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ static int nopcomp __P((char **));
 static int setconnector __P((char **));
 static int setdisconnector __P((char **));
 static int setwelcomer __P((char **));
+static int setmaxcon __P((char **));
 static int setmaxconnect __P((char **));
 static int setdomain __P((char **));
 static int setnetmask __P((char **));
@@ -303,6 +305,7 @@ static struct cmd {
     {"connect", 1, setconnector}, /* A program to set up a connection */
     {"disconnect", 1, setdisconnector},	/* program to disconnect serial dev. */
     {"welcome", 1, setwelcomer},/* Script to welcome client */
+    {"connect-max-attempts", 1, setmaxcon},  /* maximum # connect attempts */
     {"maxconnect", 1, setmaxconnect},  /* specify a maximum connect time */
     {"crtscts", 0, setcrtscts},	/* set h/w flow control */
     {"nocrtscts", 0, setnocrtscts}, /* clear h/w flow control */
@@ -1531,6 +1534,13 @@ setwelcomer(argv)
     return (1);
 }
 
+static int
+setmaxcon(argv)
+    char **argv;
+{
+    return int_option(*argv, &max_con_attempts);
+}
+
 /*
  * setmaxconnect - Set the maximum connect time
  */

usr.sbin/pppd/pppd.8

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.14 1997/08/19 17:52:46 peter Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.15 1997/10/10 06:30:08 peter Exp $
 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ up the serial line.  This script would typically use the chat(8)
 program to dial the modem and start the remote ppp session.  This
 option is privileged if the \fInoauth\fR option is used.
 .TP
+.B connect-max-attempts \fI<n>
+Attempt dial-out connection to remote system no more than specified number
+of times (default = 1).  If the connection is not made, pppd will exit.
+Requires that \fBpersist\fR has been specified.
+.TP
 .B crtscts
 Use hardware flow control (i.e. RTS/CTS) to control the flow of data
 on the serial port.  If neither the \fIcrtscts\fR nor the

usr.sbin/pppd/pppd.h

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
  * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  *
- * $Id: pppd.h,v 1.9 1997/08/19 17:52:46 peter Exp $
+ * $Id: pppd.h,v 1.10 1997/10/10 06:02:57 peter Exp $
  */
 
 /*
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ extern int	nodetach;	/* Don't detach from controlling tty */
 extern char	*connector;	/* Script to establish physical link */
 extern char	*disconnector;	/* Script to disestablish physical link */
 extern char	*welcomer;	/* Script to welcome client after connection */
+extern int	max_con_attempts;/* Maximum number of times to try dialing */
 extern int	maxconnect;	/* Maximum connect time (seconds) */
 extern char	user[];		/* Our name for authenticating ourselves */
 extern char	passwd[];	/* Password for PAP */