on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 01:18:44AM -0800, Krzys Majewski (majewski@cs.ubc.ca) wrote: > How can I set things up so that, if the eth0 interface can't be upped > (for example, the cable modem is unplugged, or something is broken on > the remote end), diald is started? I guess I could put an "if > ifconfig eth0; then ..." in /etc/init.d/diald. But is this the best > way? Just now my cable modem was unplugged, and the machine seemed to > hang at boot. I don't want it to hang. I want it to say, "OK, looks > like we can't up eth0, let's try diald instead", or something like > that. Whatever. Any suggestion must be better than my current method, > which is > > cd /etc/init.d > su > mv diald-renamed diald > ./diald start You want to re-set your routing tables with your network configuration scripts. There are mechanisms in place for doing this with the ifup and ifdown commands -- directories in which scripts are placed to be run at when an interface is en/dis abled. Firewall and proxy rules, for example. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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