Re: New handling of scripts external to PPPD (ie ip-up, ip-down)
On 17 Mar 1998, Martin Bialasinski wrote:
> Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net> writes:
>
> > On my system there is *NO* ip-up, or ip-down. Pppd shells out to
> > /etc/ppp/ppp-functions, with the first parameter being a runlevel, and the
> > rest the normal parameters passed to ip-up. Then, ppp-functions sets up some
> > variables, and runs "/etc/ppp/rc <runlevel>." Rc is similiar to the rc that
> > init uses, in that there are kill scripts and start scripts for each level.
>
> There is already something like this, I believe.
>
> $ ls -R /etc/ppp/ip-{up,down}.d
> /etc/ppp/ip-down.d:
> fetchmail* isdnutils
>
> /etc/ppp/ip-up.d:
> fetchmail* isdnutils
>
> Don't know how (or if) your suggestion fits into this.
My suggestion(enhancement) is more refined. The current way doesn't allow
some programs to be run before others. Plus, I have more "runlevels". This
would allow for an external dialer, instead of having to have the <connect>
option in pppd.
Please reread the original post, and think everything through carefully(not
meant as a flame).
Adam
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