Re: Questions regarding dynamic IPs and dhcpcd

1997-06-11 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, Colin R. Telmer wrote: > So what I want to do is write a script that waits until > /var/run/dhcpcd.cache-eth0 is created and then mails me > /etc/dhcpc/hostinfo-eth0. The waiting part is the part I do not know how > to do unless I just use an infinite loop (with perhaps a 10 m

Re: Questions regarding dynamic IPs and dhcpcd

1997-06-11 Thread Joey Hess
Colin R. Telmer: > The dynamic-hacks mini-HOWTO really only deals with ppp. pppd outputs the > new ip address in $4. Is there anything similar to this for dhcpcd? I > can't find anything in the man page and I assume that I will need to > extract this from /etc/dhcpc/hostinfo-eth0. > > Given this,

Questions regarding dynamic IPs and dhcpcd

1997-06-11 Thread Colin R. Telmer
After successfully setting up dhcpcd to connect to a cable modem, I have a few questions regarding dynamic ip addresses. First note that I have read through the dynamic-ip-hacks mini-HOWTO, but am still a little confused. Also, I will write up what ever information I find in a mini-HOWTO or a debi