Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:18:51 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Don Croyle <croyle@gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.5 release, can it be postponed? Message-ID: <199709092318.AAA18429@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "09 Sep 1997 12:46:15 CDT." <86d8mie5y0.fsf@gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us>
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> Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com> writes:
>
> > User PPP works right... just "differently" than before. A specific
> > reference to the different behaviour should be noted on the CD of course,
> > but I think userland PPP is quite stable and working better than ever.
>
> Yes it works, but there are a few features it would be nice to have
> before it's unleashed on the world. Like a way to explicitly bring up
> the link when running in auto mode.
>
> It often takes me two or three tries to connect to my ISP, by which
> time a program that's attempting to open a socket has usually timed
> out.
>
> In the past, I've handled this by using invoking ppp interactively
> when I'm present and using ppp -background for cron jobs. Now I'm
> forced to use ppp -auto and my cron jobs keep timing out. :-(
I take it the cron jobs aren't being run as root.....
I think what's required here is a "connect" command. You could then
use pppctl:
pppctl -v -p xxxxx -t 120 3000 connect
For the time being, I think you'll need to create a wrapper that
execs ppp as root (or run the cron jobs as root).
> --
> I've always wanted to be a dilettante, but I've never quite been ready
> to make the commitment.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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