Re: ppp connect/disconnect notification?
Thomas J. Hamman wrote: Is there any way, using pon/poff, to be notified in the console/term of connections and disconnections? When I type pon, I'd like to be told when it actually finishes connecting; and when my ISP disconnects me, I'd like to be told about it so I don't scratch my head and wonder what happened to the server I was downloading that file from. :) How? There are subdirectories of /etc... (uhh) /etc/ppp.d/up, /etc/ppp.d/down, or something like that -I don't have ... wait a minute, let me telnet check... - OK! I have the Straight Dope now: In /etc/ppp, there are scripts ip-up and ip-down, which, in turn, call programs and scripts in ip-up.d and ip-down.d, in which you can put some script that echoes a connection notification, or executes `ifconfig ppp0` so you can see your address, or whatever you want. I haven't gotten around to it, but I want to add a script in mine that appends domain koyote.net and search koyote.com to my /etc/resolv.conf, since the configuration that comes from my ISP doesn't supply those, only the nameserver ... entry. -- Cc: me (I'll be off the list for the weekends) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 972-729-5387 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home ph. on Q) http://www.koyote.com/users/bolan RE: xmailtool http://www.koyote.com/users/bolan/xmailtool/index.html RMS of Borg: Resistance is futile; you shall be freed.
Re: ppp connect/disconnect notification?
On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 11:06:49AM -0500, Bolan Meek wrote: In /etc/ppp, there are scripts ip-up and ip-down, which, in turn, call programs and scripts in ip-up.d and ip-down.d, in which you can put some script that echoes a connection notification, or executes `ifconfig ppp0` so you can see your address, or whatever you want. I haven't gotten around to it, but I want to add a script in mine that appends domain koyote.net and search koyote.com to my /etc/resolv.conf, since the configuration that comes from my ISP doesn't supply those, only the nameserver ... entry. Thanks! :) I'm still having some trouble though: I've found the scripts you're referring, but I can't get a command to work. I tried making a script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/, and within it I've tried some different commands like: ifconfig ppp0 echo CONNECTED exec ifconfig ppp0 -\ ifconfig ppp0 /dev/stdout --- tried these out of desparation Unfortunately, nothing actually causes any output to display in my term. :/ Yes, I did chmod +x the script, and I also tried putting the commands into the already-existing 0dns-up script. What am I missing? Tom
Re: ppp connect/disconnect notification?
Thomas J. Hamman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 11:06:49AM -0500, Bolan Meek wrote: In /etc/ppp, there are scripts ip-up and ip-down, which, in turn, call programs and scripts in ip-up.d and ip-down.d, in which you can put some script that echoes a connection notification, or executes `ifconfig ppp0` so you can see your address, or whatever you want. I haven't gotten around to it, but I want to add a script in mine that appends domain koyote.net and search koyote.com to my /etc/resolv.conf, since the configuration that comes from my ISP doesn't supply those, only the nameserver ... entry. Thanks! :) I'm still having some trouble though: I've found the scripts you're referring, but I can't get a command to work. I tried making a script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/, and within it I've tried some different commands like: ifconfig ppp0 echo CONNECTED exec ifconfig ppp0 -\ ifconfig ppp0 /dev/stdout --- tried these out of desparation Unfortunately, nothing actually causes any output to display in my term. :/ Yes, I did chmod +x the script, and I also tried putting the commands into the already-existing 0dns-up script. What am I missing? Tom 'wall' or 'xmessage' can display the output. --Andre
Re: ppp connect/disconnect notification?
On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 12:24:47AM +0200, Andre Berger wrote: 'wall' or 'xmessage' can display the output. I got that to work; thank you. Tom
Re: ppp connect/disconnect notification?
On Aug 09 2000, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: Is there any way, using pon/poff, to be notified in the console/term of connections and disconnections? When I type pon, I'd like to be told when it actually finishes connecting; and when my ISP disconnects me, I'd like to be told about it so I don't scratch my head and wonder what happened to the server I was downloading that file from. :) How? Just insert something in your ip-up.d/ip-down.d directories that inform you when you're connecting or disconnecting from your provider... Like sending your an e-mail or using wall... []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
ppp connect/disconnect notification?
Is there any way, using pon/poff, to be notified in the console/term of connections and disconnections? When I type pon, I'd like to be told when it actually finishes connecting; and when my ISP disconnects me, I'd like to be told about it so I don't scratch my head and wonder what happened to the server I was downloading that file from. :) How? Tom
