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From: fred@timogen.com
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To: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: which script will be executed when the adsl IP up
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 22:44:34 -0700
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Greate!
Thanks.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To: <fred@timogen.com>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 3:17 AM
Subject: Re: which script will be executed when the adsl IP up


> On Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 02:21:54PM -0700, fred@timogen.com wrote:
> 
> >     I have use the adsl to connect the internet.  As the ppp link
> > will be disconnect, I want the gateway the send me the new IPaddress
> > to my mail box.  Could u tell me, when the ADSL link is up, which
> > scripts will be executed.
> 
> >     In linux that shoud be /etc/ppp/ip-up, I donnot know what is in
> > FreeBSD.
> 
> You can use the /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup and /etc/ppp/ppp.linkdown files to
> cause commands to be executed when your link goes up or down.  For
> instance, assuming that your ppp.conf is based on the default version,
> this ppp.linkup file will e-mail root an empty message with your new
> IP number in the subject line:
> 
>     #
>     # Stuff to run when the PPP link comes up.
>     #
>     papchap:
>       !bg mail -s "PPP link up IP = MYADDR" root </dev/null
>     #
>     # That's All Folks!
>     #
> 
> The special token "MYADDR" is replaced by the new IP number.  The
> ppp(8) man page has details of all such tokens in the description of
> the `!bg' command in the extensive "PPP COMMAND LIST" section.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Matthew
> 
> -- 
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> 


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