Re: ip-up question
Hey Peter,
Don't change any permitions anywhere, just add yourself to the group
"dip".
John
Peter Ludwig wrote:
>
> On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote:
>
> > My /etc/ppp/ip-up does not appear to be working. Am I correct in assuming
> > that in Debian, ip-up won't work unless it is placed in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ?
> > I want to start fetchmail when I go online and I believe that is where my
> > script needs to be placed.
>
> What I did to get fetchmail to run when I connected (I'm also using SLRN
> so I've got one for it as well, same theory applies).
>
> I put a script into the ip-up.d directory called fetchmail (giving it read
> and execute access for all users) which contained a command line to run
> fetchmail (I set it up as a deamon). Here's the script I use :-
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # Fetchmail Start Up Script
> #
> su -l -c "fetchmail -d 300" khan
>
> #
> # End of Script
> #
>
> That's basically all I had to do to get it running properly, now all I've
> got to do to connect is run 'pon' as root (I suppose I could run 'pon' as
> a user, but I would have to go in and change a lot of permissions, so I
> run it as root, it's just as easy).
>
> Catch ya l8r,
> Peter Ludwig
>
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