Am Samstag, 16. August 2003 19:52 schrieb Michael Scherer:
> On Saturday 16 August 2003 18:35, Olivier Blin wrote:
> > Have I missed something ?
> > For dialup users, with the current ip-up script, only kppp sets
> > dynamic DNS in /etc/resolv.conf (it doesn't use the ip-up to do that)
>
> I would also add something to replace if-up.local
>
> [ -x /etc/ppp/ip-up.local ] && /etc/ppp/ip-up.local "$@"
>
> replaced by
>
> if [ -d /etc/ppp/ifup-ppp.d -a -x /usr/bin/run-parts ];
> then
> /usr/bin/run-parts --arg "$@" /etc/ppp/ipup.d/
> fi
>
> then just drop a script to call /etc/ppp/ipup.local in
> /etc/ppp/ipup-ppp.d, for backward compatibility.
>
> the same applis for ipdown.local .
absolutly agree with that :)
> This would also mean we can remove the piece of code to flush sendmail
> queue, and put it in a separate script, to be cleaner.
Yep and it would enable packages to put scripts in there to be executed after
dial-up.
>
> the second problem i see is that each file dropped in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup.d/, are not executed with pppd.
>
> to give a small example ( and the only one i see ), wshaperx does not
> work out of the box, on a adsl connection.
>
> it seems that this line :
>
> [ -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${LOGDEVICE} ] &&
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post ifcfg-${LOGDEVICE}
>
> never call ifup-post, because $LOGDEVICE is always unset.
> at least for adsl and RTC connection. I know that it also handle ppp
> connection for Isdn and maybe for tunnel, so this line is maybe for
> this kind of connection.
>
> removing this line and dropping a script in /etc/ppp/ipup.d/ could be a
> solution.
>
> I think this solution can be more flexible than the current one.
>
> did i forget someting ?
> is it possible to replace the script in the current package ?
Would be nice
Steffen
