+++ Trevor Warren [linux-india] <12/02/02 03:51 -0800>: > i want to automate dialup on a mailserver where in > after inactivity of a specified duration it should > disconnect. Then reconnect after a prescribed > duration...
wvdial called through cron > I tried using wvdial.....but it ain't seemin to run > /etc/ppp/ip-up.local. Also asking it to sleep for how come? thats weird > sometime and then redial ain't part of the > package....... redial=0 or 1 is a wvdial.conf setting you need a few shellscripts in cron to call pppd ... look at http://www.hserus.net/dlhowto.html - there's also a link to a 'dial on demand' setup which has lots of what you want -- Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin [Linux One Stanza Tip] From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LOST #163 -**< Sub : Deleting dot files >**- Doing a 'rm -f *' within a directory will remove all the files within the directory but NOT invisible DOT (.) files. You need to do a: '$rm .[A-Za-z0-9]*' # To delete DOT files _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
