Bob, When your ppp connection is established, the /etc/ppp/ip-up.local script will be executed. (That is, if it exists. :-) This is indicated in the /etc/ppp/ip-up script. When your ip-up.local is called, it will have some handy parameters populated for your convenience: $1 = INTERFACE $2 = DEVICE $3 = SPEED $4 = LOCAL_IP (As given by ISP) $5 = REMOTE_IP (of ISP) $6 = LOGDEVICE You may want to create a test version of your ip-up.local first, to only echo out the contents of these parameters into a log file so that you can study the values given. >From there, you may do different things depending on interface (ppp0/ppp1/etc) and eventually do something special with the LOCAL_IP in $4. Up to your imagination. ;-) Warning: Beware, that RH6.2 has a bug in the installation that will write a lot of isdn related stuff into your ip-up.local (the ip-up.local is *your* local script, RH is *never* supposed to clutter in it.) I have reported this to bugzilla and got an acknowledgment of this bug. I hope it's corrected in RH7 (?). Anyway, it may be handy to always keep a backup copy of your ip-up.local somewhere, in case you should re-install the ppp support. If you don't have any ip-up.local, then create it. Put whatever you want/need in it. Regards Gustav Bob Hartung wrote: > > Hi again, <snip> > Can someone clue me on on the script sequence or suggest > another script file that will be read each time the > connection ppp0 is initialized. Is there a particularly > good book available that will explain this sequence of > events so I can won't have to post such low level messages > to the list? > > Thanks, as always > > Bob > -- > Bob Hartung -- pgp = Pretty Good Privacy. To get my public pgp key, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit my web site at http://www.schaffter.com _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
