On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Ken Ambrose wrote:
> [Note: if anyone can clue me in on how to execute arbitrary code from the
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp file, I'd be greatly appreciative;
> for some reason, it just seems to elude me.]
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$NAME
Defines a managed interface. Managed interfaces are expected to
conform to the naming convention of "dev0", "dev1", and so on (e.g.,
"eth0", "ppp0").
/sbin/ifup
/sbin/ifdown
Used to control managed interfaces.
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-post
These are Red Hat-provided scripts which execute after a managed
interface is brought up or goes down.
/sbin/ifup-local
/sbin/ifdown-local
If they exist, these are called by their corresponding ifup-post
or ifdown-post scripts, so you can do your own thing.
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-$DEVTYPE
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-$DEVTYPE
If your interface is called "foo0", and "ifup-foo" exists, it will be
used instead of the regular ifup/ifdown scripts. Likewise for
"ifdown-foo". This lets you create new "device types" easily.
I suspect, if you really wanted to integrate PPP-over-SSH into
Red Hat's initscripts, you would want to create a pair of these.
/etc/ppp/ip-up
/etc/ppp/ip-down
Executed by pppd when the IP layer comes up/goes down.
Red Hat provides these for interface management.
/etc/ppp/ip-up.local
/etc/ppp/ip-down.local
Red Hat's /etc/ppp/ip-{up,down} scripts call these after they
finish, so you can do your own thing.
(This modular approach to network interface configuration is one of the
things I really like about Red Hat.)
--
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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