[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: pon questions



On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 04:35:21AM +0200, Francois Fayard wrote:
> > 2) Can "pon" be set up to display a "connect" message
> >    for my wife and kids to see?  The enter a "pon" command
> >    and expect to "surf" or read email before the connection
> >    is made.
> 
> I just want to ask for something close to what is asked here. I would be
> pleased to have a script like pon but that finishes when the connexion is
> established.

In /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/ are scripts that run every
time you connect/disconnect.

In a script in the ip-up.d dir I put this command:

echo PPP CONNECTED | wall

Wall is a command that sends text to every terminal/console (along with
a beep).

A similar command in ip-down.d is helpful if you ever get dropped from
your ISP.

-- 
Tom
"Every man...should periodically be compelled to listen to opinions
which are infuriating to him. To hear nothing but what is pleasing to
one is to make a pillow of the mind."
        -St. John Ervine



Reply to: