Re: my ip-up.d script doesn't work

[Marc Mongeon <mongeon@bankoe.com>]

>
> I just freshly reinstalled ppp on one machine here. My
> custom script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d does not work; it
> doesn't appear to run. I tested it form the command
> line with the named parameters and it worked. Here it is:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # This script is called with the following arguments:
> #    Arg  Name                          Example
> #    $1   Interface name                ppp0
> #    $2   The tty                       ttyS1
> #    $3   The link speed                38400
> #    $4   Local IP number               12.34.56.78
> #    $5   Peer  IP number               12.34.56.99
> #    $6   Optional ``ipparam'' value    foo

Are you certain that the script is called with those arguments?
I don't believe the $[1-6] variables are available to the scripts
in ip-up.d.  Instead, use the environment variables set in ip-up:

PPP_IFACE="$1"
PPP_TTY="$2"
PPP_SPEED="$3"
PPP_LOCAL="$4"
PPP_REMOTE="$5"
PPP_IPPARAM="$6"
PPP_TTYNAME=`/usr/bin/basename "$2"`

>
> # This script routes all of RMIT via the dialup to RMIT, if
> # that's where we've just called.
>
> case "$4" in
>         131.170.*)
>                 route add -net 131.170.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 $1
>                 ;;
>
> esac

try:  case "$PPP_LOCAL" in

Marc
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