Some days ago I posted a mail to debian-user mailing list asking for the following:
> I successfuly installed Debian 1.3.1.r6 and ran pop, poff to connect to my > provider. I would like to use a command that let me choose between several > providers, something like "pon atslink" or "pon dadanet". > I would like also: > > - Users in a selected group (e.g. dip) can do po and poff without being > superuser. > - An appropriate "nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" line should be put in top of > /etc/resolv.conf, so the nameserver of the selected provider is used > first (again users should do that not being root). I received some reply, among them Marcelo E. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ppp on hamm does this. You can say "pon provider". The newest > proposal to ppp on hamm, will (I think) address the second > situation. I checked the new ppp_2.3.3-5.deb hamm package, currently it fixes only the first problem, so I opted for this solution which is highly compatible with the future release of the ppp package: Mantained the ppp_2.2.0f-23.deb package included in bo 1.3.1.r6. Removed the /etc/ppp.options_out file and replaced it with a file called /etc/ppp/peers/provider. This one contains the ppp options for the default provider, if you have other providers place additional files with other names, like /etc/ppp/peers/flashnet (this is also done in the new ppp package). Removed the /etc/ppp.chatscript file and replaced it with a file called /etc/ppp/chatscripts/provider. Others chat scripts can be added in the same directory (this is also done in the new ppp package, with the difference that chatscripts are in /etc/chatscripts). Changed the /usr/bin/pon script with the following: #!/bin/sh /usr/sbin/pppd file /etc/ppp/peers/${1:-provider} It is very similar at the pon in the new ppp package, except it uses the "file" option of ppd instead of the new "call" option. If pon is called without parameter it uses the default file /etc/ppp/peers/provider, if instead is called - say - as "pon flashnet", it uses /etc/ppp/peers/flashnet. The /etc/ppp/peers/provider files are like this: connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chatscripts/provider" ipparam /etc/ppp/peers/provider.dns defaultroute /dev/modem 57600 persist noipdefault The connect option points to the proper chatscript. The ipparam instead is used to pass a parameter to the /etc/ppp/ip-up script, which is called just after the ppp interface is up. This extra parameter is a file name containing the nameservers directives that must added to /etc/resolv.conf. So with those lines in /etc/ppp/ip-up I resolved the nameserver problem too: # Write ISP's and default nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf. No more # than 3 nameserver directives are allowed. # Filename containing ISP's nameservers is passed as 6th argument # by pppd (see ipparam option). if [ -r "$6" ]; then TFILE=/tmp/ip-up-$$-resolv.conf grep -v "^nameserver" /etc/resolv.conf > $TFILE cat $6 /etc/ppp/peers/_default.dns | grep "^nameserver" | head -3 >> \ $TFILE cat $TFILE > /etc/resolv.conf rm $TFILE fi I just added the required /etc/ppp/peers/provider.dns files and an /etc/ppp/peers/_default.dns file which contain lines like: nameserver 151.99.155.3 nameserver 151.99.125.2 For the security I put all the users that can dial-uot in the dip group, files in /etc/ppp/peers and /etc/ppp/chatscripts are owned by root.dip and have mode 640, directory /etc/ppp is owned by root.dip, with mode 750. It is a bit complicate, but it works and it is a step forward the new ppp package. Niccolo Firenze - Italy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]