Re: ppp/ip-up vs. network/if-up
On Oct 11, Joerg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> wrote:
> why ppp provides its own mechanism of telling programs when the
> interface is coming up or down? Many programs register for the ppp
> mechanism, but not for the network mechanism. Where is the difference
The reason there continues to be a need for /etc/ppp/ip-(up|down).d/ is
that ifupdown has never handled ppp interfaces properly. ifup runs
/etc/network/if-up.d/ scripts immediately after starting pppd; what it
should do is wait for the PPP link to be established before running
hook scripts. This shortcoming is addressed in the experimental
version of ifupdown.
--
Thomas Hood
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