Thanks! This explains the file.

Is there any way to configure pppd to redirct this output somewhere
else?

 --- j.e.drews@att.net wrote: > Hi Gary:
> 
>  It's listed in the man page for "chat"
> EXCERPT:
> SAY STRINGS:   The SAY directive allows the script to send strings to
> the user at  the
>        terminal via standard error.  If chat is being run by pppd,
> and pppd is
>        running as a daemon (detached from its controlling terminal), 
> standard
>        error  will normally be redirected to the file
> /etc/ppp/connect-errors.
> 
>        SAY strings must be enclosed in single or double  quotes.  If 
> carriage
>        return  and  line  feed are needed in the string to be output,
> you must
>        explicitly add them to your string.
> 
> 
> -------------- Original message from Gary Thorpe : -------------- 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I have been trying to redirect errors and other information from
> pppd 
> > and its scripts to syslog with mostly success. However, the output
> from 
> > the chat script seems to be redirected to /etc/ppp/connect-errors
> and 
> > there is nothing in the configuration files that would enforce
> this. Is 
> > this something pppd does automatically (there is no mention of the
> file 
> > in the pppd manual page). I am using the 1.6 release. 
> > 
> > Thanks for any help! 
> > 
> >
>
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