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06-06-2012

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A very simple start: pick the open source software you use most often, register with their bug tracking system, and start testing the newest builds. When something breaks, try to repeat it, and send it in with instructions on how to reproduce, what happens, ...

Over time you might start looking at the code to see why it breaks, or how to improve the documentation.

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pppoe-start

PPPOE-START(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    PPPOE-START(8)

NAME

       pppoe-start - Shell script to bring up a PPPoE link

SYNOPSIS

       pppoe-start [config_file]

       pppoe-start interface user [config_file]

DESCRIPTION

       pppoe-start  is	a  shell  script  which  starts  the  Roaring  Penguin user-space PPPoE client.  If you omit config_file, the default file
       /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 is used.  If you supply interface and user, then they override the Ethernet interface	and  user-
       name settings in the configuration file.

AUTHOR

       pppoe-start was written by David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>.

       The pppoe home page is http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/.

SEE ALSO

       pppoe(8),  pppoe-stop(8), pppoe-connect(8), pppd(8), pppoe.conf(5), pppoe-setup(8), pppoe-status(8), pppoe-sniff(8), pppoe-relay(8), pppoe-
       server(8)

4th Berkeley Distribution					 21 February 2000						    PPPOE-START(8)