add maxfail option to control the max # of failed attempts

[ppp.git] / pppd / main.c

diff --git a/pppd/main.c b/pppd/main.c
index a33a5e242188bfc6f0437ce0f448f58853e9750b..4acc217d1661a9868da3a966c21ff380c6c71287 100644 (file)
--- a/pppd/main.c
+++ b/pppd/main.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #ifndef lint
-static char rcsid[] = "$Id: main.c,v 1.80 1999/07/21 00:24:31 paulus Exp $";
+static const char rcsid[] = "$Id: main.c,v 1.81 1999/08/12 04:17:07 paulus Exp $";
 #endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct stat devstat;          /* result of stat() on devnam */
 int prepass = 0;               /* doing prepass to find device name */
 int devnam_fixed;              /* set while in options.ttyxx file */
 volatile int status;           /* exit status for pppd */
+int unsuccess;                 /* # unsuccessful connection attempts */
 
 static int fd_ppp = -1;                /* fd for talking PPP */
 static int fd_loop;            /* fd for getting demand-dial packets */
@@ -498,6 +499,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
        ttyfd = -1;
        real_ttyfd = -1;
        status = EXIT_OK;
+       ++unsuccess;
 
        if (demand) {
            /*
@@ -856,7 +858,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
            pidfilename[0] = 0;
        }
 
-       if (!persist)
+       if (!persist || (maxfail > 0 && unsuccess >= maxfail))
            break;
 
        kill_link = 0;