Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 06:58:20 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: jason <jason@welsh.dynip.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp.linkup problems Message-ID: <199907120558.GAA35271@dev.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:23:36 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907112319310.296-100000@welsh.dynip.com>
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> I have my ppp working fine except for getting ppp.linkup to run a perl > script. I have tried looking at the samples and cant seem to get it to > work.. > FreeBSD welsh.dynip.com 3.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE #0: Sun Jul 11 > 22:01:36 EDT 1999 root@welsh.dynip.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/KITTY > i386 > > here are a few of the commands that i've tried in my /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup > > ! sh -c "/etc/ppp/jlclient.pl" > !bg /etc/ppp/jlclient.pl > shell /etc/ppp/jlclient.pl > > the jlclient.pl is a dynamic dns client. it runs just fine if I run it > from the command line.. I just cant get ppp.linkup to execute it.. > Ive tried it in both (demand and myaddr) sections of ppp.linkup > > any suggestions? Does your log file say anything about it when you ``set log +command'' ? Careful with the ``!'' and ``shell'' versions as ppp will wait for them to complete before continuing. If they expect to use ppp everything will hang waiting for things. > thanks and regards, > Jason > > > -- > ======================================================================= > | Jason Welsh jason@welsh.dynip.com | If you think there's | > | | good in everybody, you | > | http://welsh.dynip.com/ | haven't met everybody. | > ======================================================================= -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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