"Thomas J. Hamman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 11:06:49AM -0500, Bolan Meek wrote: > > In /etc/ppp, there are scripts ip-up and ip-down, which, in turn, > > call programs and scripts in ip-up.d and ip-down.d, in which you > > can put some script that echoes a connection notification, or > > executes `ifconfig ppp0` so you can see your address, or whatever > > you want. > > > > I haven't gotten around to it, but I want to add a script in mine > > that appends "domain koyote.net" and "search koyote.com" to > > my /etc/resolv.conf, since the configuration that comes from > > my ISP doesn't supply those, only the "nameserver ..." entry. > > Thanks! :) I'm still having some trouble though: I've found the > scripts you're referring, but I can't get a command to work. I tried > making a script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/, and within it I've tried some > different commands like: > > ifconfig ppp0 > echo CONNECTED > exec ifconfig ppp0 <-\ > ifconfig ppp0 > /dev/stdout <--- tried these out of desparation > > Unfortunately, nothing actually causes any output to display in my term. > :/ Yes, I did chmod +x the script, and I also tried putting the commands > into the already-existing 0dns-up script. What am I missing? > > Tom
'wall' or 'xmessage' can display the output. --Andre
