Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 11:44:27 -0600 (CST) From: "Dean E.Weimer" <dweimer@Happydays.DynDNS.Org> To: Questions@freeBSD.org Cc: drew@planetwe.com Subject: RE: ppp.linkup, am I misunderstanding this? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102031139130.3650-100000@Happydays.DynDNS.Org>
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This is in response to an old message (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2251088+2252705+/usr/local/www/db/text/2000/freebsd-questions/20000903.freebsd-questions) But still unanswered till now. Old Question I'm running freebsd 4.0 RELEASE on a box running PPPoE for a DSL line. I have a script to update my dynamic DNS thats called from ppp.linkup, which works fine when the box boots, or if something "hangs" and I have to restart PPP. However, since I use the -ddial, sometimes the link drops and comes back up without me having to touch it (like it should). However, the problem is, when that happens, the script isn't run out of ppp.linkup. Is there a way around this? TIA. -- Drew Sanford Systems Administrator Answer, I fought with this problem before, and found out why, the ddial mode suspends the ppp connection when the script executes. Well, that doesn't work to well to send data at this point. Here is how I fixed it. First I tested with other modes, it worked under ppp -auto, or if I ran ppp manually. Edit your ppp.linkup file to contain. YOURPROFILE: set mode interactive !bg /etc/ppp/isp.up set mode ddial Change YOURPROFILE to what your profile is, or the default if you are only using one connection. Then Create an isp.up file in your /etc/ppp directory, and make the file executable, put anything you want to run after reconnecting in there. In mine I am updating three hosts on dyndns.org using ddup 3.0.1. This script file will execute in the background while ppp stays in interactive mode, and then will switch back into ddial mode when it finishes. #!/bin/sh # PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin # Update Happydays ddup --host Happydays.DynDNS.Org # Update Weimer ddup --host weimer.homeip.net # Update Delta-Chi ddup --host delta-chi.dnsalias.org I am not on the mailing list, so please copy any further questions to dweimer@swbell.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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