On Monday 25 December 2000 12:31, you wrote:
> Mark,
>
> I don't have an /etc/ip-up.local. Did you mean /etc/ppp/ip-up? I'm not
> running ppp on this machine,I use a gateway firewall on another machine
> with demand dialing to access the internet.I hope to run the server
> headless and use webmin to administer it.The reason I want to start
> fetchmail without logging in is to make it simple to restart after a
> power outage.I do have dialin access to the server and the only time ppp
> is run is when someone dials in.I don't understand why fetchmail won't
> start from rc.local,unless something in the configuration requires
> logging in before it will start,since I can start it by clicking on
> rc.local after logging in.Fetchmail isn't listed in my startup
> services.All other services are started without logging in.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
Yes...oops. I did mean /etc/ppp/ip-up.local. Well, if clicking on that file
starts the process, then why not execute the file using a bash script?
--
Mark
"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
Linus Torvalds
