From owner-freebsd-isdn Sat Oct 2 14:36:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isdn@freebsd.org Received: from indyio.rz.uni-sb.de (indyio.rz.uni-sb.de [134.96.7.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B244215471 for ; Sat, 2 Oct 1999 14:36:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from netchild@Vodix.CS.Uni-SB.de) Received: from mars.rz.uni-sb.de (ns0.rz.uni-sb.de [134.96.7.5]) by indyio.rz.uni-sb.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA5532101; Sat, 2 Oct 1999 23:36:00 +0200 (CST) Received: from work.net.local (maxtnt-242.telip.uni-sb.de [134.96.71.113]) by mars.rz.uni-sb.de (8.8.8/8.8.4/8.8.2) with ESMTP id XAA03914; Sat, 2 Oct 1999 23:35:56 +0200 (CST) Received: from Vodix.CS.Uni-SB.de (netchild@localhost.net.local [127.0.0.1]) by work.net.local (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA03410; Sat, 2 Oct 1999 23:02:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from netchild@Vodix.CS.Uni-SB.de) Message-Id: <199910022102.XAA03410@work.net.local> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 23:02:32 +0200 (CEST) From: A.Leidinger@WJPServer.CS.Uni-SB.de Subject: Re: Upgraded to oblivion To: R.Inder@ed.ac.uk Cc: freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <2839.199910021702@doyle.cogsci.ed.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2 Okt, R.Inder@ed.ac.uk wrote: [cc-list trimmed] > the link open... So what would be the recommended way of switching > between DoD and "off"? ifconfig-ing the link down? I didn't know if it is recommended, but it is the way I do it. I've written two wrappers "isdn-up" and "isdn-down". They are SUID root (because only root is allowed to ifconfig-ing the link down/up) and only executable by a specific group. Bye, Alexander. -- Eat whales! Intelligent food for intelligent people. http://netchild.home.pages.de A.Leidinger+Home @ WJPServer.CS.Uni-SB.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message