Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 09:32:15 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Mike Newell <mnewell@kaizen.net> Cc: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>, hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Routed supports variable-length netmasks? Message-ID: <199608161532.JAA06486@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.95.960816082151.7506D-100000@dada.kaizen.net> References: <199608151738.MAA14144@brasil.moneng.mei.com> <Pine.SGI.3.95.960816082151.7506D-100000@dada.kaizen.net>
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> > I use static routing around here with no problems. > > I found static routes to be a problem. If the ppp link goes down and a > packet arrives it redirects the route out throught he default; when the > link comes back up it doesn't get re-re-directed. :-( > > What we were trying to do is use the /etc/ppp/ip-up and /etc/ppp/ip-down > to install static routes, but route won't work for non-root logins. :-( > I remember something about this on the list, but I've not had a chance to > research it. :-(!! /etc/ppp/ip-up and /etc/ppp/ip-down are run as root, no matter who the login user is. This also means you must be careful what you put in there, but since the environment is safeguarded pretty well it would be hard to break into a system via them. Nate
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