Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 20:11:21 +0100 (MET) From: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: does something like time of time spent on-line exist? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9912252009210.5098-100000@sun33> In-Reply-To: <3865092E.46C6EAEF@3-cities.com>
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On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > > > > I use FreeBSD on my home computer the method of connection to provider > > is dial-up user PPP.I would like to know does something like timer of > > already spent on-line time exist?We have to pay on time-basis here in > > Germany even for local connections.So time spent is relevant for me. > > I use pppctl to look at the timers. There is an example in "man > pppctl" for the status. It shows you the connect time. You could do > 'pppctl to "show phy" | grep "Connect time"'. I use the local domain > socket and my show phy alias for root is > > status (pppctl /var/run/internet show phy) > > I created an alias called "conn" by combining status and the grep. It > shows the connect time. > > I start user-ppp as root and you have to be logged in as the user that > started user-ppp to run pppctl. I have not understood this sentence you said you starts user ppp as root and afterwards you say :you have to be logged as user that started user-ppp so the obvious question is:must you be logged in as root or have you menat something other. kind regards, Ariel > Regards, > > Kent > > > > > kind regards, > > Ariel > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ > > Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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