From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 12 14:54:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA02682 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:54:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA02529 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:53:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA06785; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 22:13:05 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199712122213.WAA06785@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: george cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dynamic Domain In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Dec 1997 04:23:24 CST." <3491109C.F2BDD11C@ti.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 22:13:05 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have freebsd set up so it dials my provider if they drop the line. > I use ppp -alias -ddial pmdemand to start this. > I want to use ml.org to host my ip address and can do this now by doing > mlddup and it works just fine, here is my problem.... > how do i get the system to do the mlddup after every subsequent connect > to my provider? > > I was thinking of a cron job every 5 or so minutes but that would be too > > wasteful.... > > what i need is a program to initiate the mlddup after a reconnect. > > > any ideas? > > please reply direct, i am not on list... Check the ppp man page - you can use the ``!bg'' command in ppp.linkup to achieve this ! > vagner@ti.com > > > -- > Operating Systems are just that...for Operators. > > UNIX is a way of life. Free is even better > > Live Free get FreeBSD!... > > -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....