Dennis Robertson wrote:
> Hello List,
> I have been using a script provided by Alan Shoemaker back in Feb to run rdate
> as an hourly cron job. This sets the time when I am connected. Now I am using
> dial on demand the cron job initiates a connection every hour, which I don't
> want. Can anyone provide a script which will tell rdate to run each time I
> connect and then keep quiet, please? Socketwatch and Clockwise are 2 programs
> that do this in Windows.
>
PPPD can be configured to run a script after starting the link. run
man pppd
To find the right option (I don't recall right now).
Just make a script like something in /etc/ppp/connect-script, put everything you
want in there (flush postfix quees, run fetchmail, rdate, whatever), and there ya
go.
Sean Middleditch
>
> TIA
>
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