Hi Jason, I think you are right. The /etc/init.d./functions.sh seems to work. It's just the /etc/sysconfig.network error to get rid of now. I googled and understand your comments better and will create the file you suggest.
Thanks, Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Stubbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Logging into Telstra Bigpong Cable as rp-pppoe does not work > On Monday 24 November 2003 11:10, Alan Watson wrote: > > I am trying to connect to my cable providor in Australia who does not > > use rp-pppoe. I downloaded their Linux log-in client to install. This is > > a shell script called bpalogin-2.0-linux-2.4.bin. When I ran the script it > > created: > > > > /usr/sbin/bpalogin -- the executable > > /etc/bpalogin.conf -- for login information > > /etc/init.d/bpalogin [start|stop|restart] -- for starting and stopping > > the daemon > > /usr/share/doc/bpalogin-2-0 -- Document directory > > > > When I tried to run "/etc/init.d/bpalogin start" it errored asking: > > > > 1. How to source the function library. In the script it is set to look at > > . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions > > Changing this to /etc/init.d/functions.sh might work but I'm not sure. > > > 2. Source the networking configuration. In the script it is set to look at > > . /etc/sysconfig/network > > This one's a little more tricky. Looks like the application was designed for > RedHat or a derivative. I checked from Google and found that this file > normally contains something similar to: > > NETWORKING=yes > FORWARD_IPV4=yes > HOSTNAME=deep. openna.com > GATEWAY=0.0.0.0 > GATEWAYDEV= > > What bpalogin probably wants to know about is GATEWAYDEV, but try putting all > that (changing to your settings of course) into a file somewhere and point > the initscript to it. > > If this works, great! If it doesn't, you should get more specific errors and > we can go from there. ;-) > > Jason > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
