On Mon, 17 May 2010 04:50:23 +0000, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> writes: > >>I have a script that runs at boot time. It should really be rerun every >>time my pppoe connection has come up and has created device ppp0 for me. >>Evidently I have to invoke this script from someplace different from >>what I'm doing now. Where? > > After a ppp connection is established, pppd(8) runs the scripts in > /etc/ppp/ip-up.d . Check the man page for pppd(8) under the section > SCRIPTS. This describes which scripts are run when and what environment > variables are available. > > The standard ppp runs the script /etc/ppp/ip-up when the link comes up. > Debian implements this script to run all the scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d
So pppoe is similar to ppp in this respect, though I suppose there are some differences having to do with using the ethernet instead of a serial link. Thanks. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hss0vh$cp...@dough.gmane.org
