Re: ip-up for each user?
Robbie Huffman wrote:
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>I'm currently looking for a way to have a per-user version of ip-up.
>For example, I'd like to start fetchmail if it isn't running already
>and execute a few pilot programs. But this sort of thing doesn't seem
>to belong in the systemwide ip-up file. I know I can hack together something
>which would allow for this, but I wanted to see if there was a "standard"
>way to do it which I just can't find. So, that's my question. FAQ or hack?
It sounds as if you should use diald to bring the link up automatically
whenever a program attempts to connect to an external site. My own
arrangement is for fetchmail to run whenever the link comes up, and for
cron to do a single ping from time to time to ensure that the link does
come up and collect mail, even if no-one is using it otherwise.
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