Firstly I would forget about giving diald commands until you really have it
humming only then should you worry about tweaking it. You need to create an
/etc/diald.conf file.
a) To check if it's running first look in /var/log/messages in fact do
"tail -f /var/log/messages" from one terminal and start diald from another
and you can actually see what goes on.
b) Also once it's started unless you have traffic it will say something
like : diald initiated and waiting [sic]
c) Now check your routes you should have routes for your specified target
host with device of either sl0 or tap0 or ...
d) The only thing you really must do is create your /etc/diald.conf file.
The way I did this on my first try was to read the man page for:
diald-examples
ie. man diald-examples and actually copy the options that matched my
situation. The diald-examples page is a MUST read in my opinion. Go on
print it out and read it through carefully:
ie. man diald-examples | mpage -2 | lpr
# assuming you have a printer set up.
e) The other gotchas that you need to be wary of if you are using your
linux box as a gateway relate more to understanding normal network details
like routing, forwarding & masquerading. If you are setting up a network
ie. Windows boxes connecting to the net through your linux box then you
MUST understand these first. If you don't know about these my advice would
be to go learn about them first by reading the Net Howto, PPP Howto,
subnetworking mini howto, IPChains howto at the very least.
Note if you're only using your linux box on it's own you shouldn't need all
these other things, although you may need masquerading (see ipchains) if
you have your machine configured with a reserved IP ie. something like
192.168.1.1
Hope this helps,
Wilson
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From: Brad Davis[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 3 March 2000 14:06
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: after install now what?
Dear guru,
I read the man diald page and I just got lost. I have run diald and by
doing a
"ps -e" I see that it is running. how do I edit the configuration? In the
man
diald document it mentioned a way to give it commands. I tried to give it
some
commands but I just got bash errors.
Thanks,
Brad
Edward Dekkers wrote:
> > P.S. I'm a linux newbie so please have patience with me!
>
> Dear Linux newbie.
>
> Please read all documentation that came with diald and on-line first.
There
> are plenty of tutorials on-line that tell you what to do and how to do
it. A
> 'Now what' type question is usually the first to be deleted off my
system.
>
> If you THEN get stuck, post to the list with a specific question. We will
be
> glad to help.
>
> Linux helps those who help themselves.
>
> --
> Edward Dekkers (Director)
> Triple D Computer Services Pty. Ltd.
> P: +61 8 9397-1040
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