Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:04:04 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: "'Sean J. Schluntz'" <schluntz@pacbell.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Help with user ppp and launching a script Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5EFA@site2s1>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Sean J. Schluntz [SMTP:schluntz@pacbell.net] > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 1:01 PM > To: Christopher Michaels; FreeBSD Questions > Subject: RE: Help with user ppp and launching a script > > >I'm not too sure about answering 100% of your question, but you should be > >able to do something along the lines of the following. > > #1 in /etc/ppp/ you can have a file called ppp.linkup. Just add a > section > >for your isp with the same name as your section in ppp.conf > > I believe this is the bit of info I was missing. So if I make an entry > in the file called ppp.linkup I can have it call a script to do the rest > of the work? That would be perfict! > > Is there a way to run another script when the link goes down? > /etc/ppp/ppp.linkdown, same format. > > #2 i suppose you could write a script that parses the output of the > >nslookup or host commands and then uses the hostname -s command. > > #3 then if you kill -HUP sendmail to reread it's configuration it MAY > >pickup the different hostname. > > That's not a big problem. The system doesn't run X so I should be able > to change the host name on the fly. > > > Thanks for your help! > > -Sean > > >It all sounds good on paper but honestly don't know if it'll work in > >practice. Hopefully this will put you on the right track, or at the very > >least someone else on the list will add more info to this posting. > > > >-Chris > > > >> Is there any way to launch a script from the user ppp after it > connects? > >> Here's my problem: > > > --- > Sean J. Schluntz schluntz@agames.com > Sr. Office Systems Administrator 408-434-5804 > Atari Games Corporation http://www.agames.com > > Mountain Dew and doughnuts...because breakfast is the most > important meal of the day. - ??? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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