Wait! Nevermind! I found the answers to both of my questions.
BTW, it took over 24 hours for my post to show up on the list.
Tom - a newbie, but finally on line.
Tom Bernett wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Total newbie here. I'm using RH5.2
>
> I've managed to get online manually by establishing a ppp session in
> minicom, and then issuing the command "pppd /dev/modem...."
>
> Now I want to automate the process. I found the ppp-on, on-dialer, &
> off scripts and copied them to /etc/ppp and modified them as necessary.
>
> I think I understand things to this point. But the ppp-* files are just
> scripts. Where's the executable (like a *.bat in DOS). The ppp-howto
> and the newsgroup archives imply that all that's needed is to create the
> files, put them where you can access them, and run by entering ppp-on.
> All I get is "commnand not found". What am I missing?
>
> Also, the scripts have no provision for minicom (or any other
> dialer/terminal program) as far as I can see. Just what is the process
> for automating logon/logoff? Again, the howto and archives were no help
> to me.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
