From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 22 21:32:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA03439 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:32:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts7-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA03378 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:31:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA07749; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:31:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:31:28 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: George Vagner cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <199712221112.FAA05478@epcot.spdc.ti.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, George Vagner wrote: > I think i asked this before but let me try again, > how do i set up my system so that after my machine logs into my > ppp account it runs a program to reset my dynamic ip address on ml.org?? You need to upgrade your version of ppp to the one on http://www.freebsd.org/~brian/ppp.html. Then you can use the `shell' or `!' command to spawn your shell. > Right now i have to type it in manually every time my provider disconnects > me from inactivity > this is impossible if i am not at the computer and want to access it via > work etc... `set timeout 0' Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major