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Re: How do I find my local IP assigned by my ISP when using pon, etc?



Randy writes:
> The user will be able, from a user account, do a pon, poff, etc. to
> connect to the ISP. So, my challenge is to have the scripts run from
> user level security and install the firewall rules.

> How do I do this?

The scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d are run when ppp
comes up and goes down respectively.  They are run by pppd and so run as
root no matter who ran pon and poff.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI



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