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
The executables (like a *.bat in DOS) - like you say - are these
scripts: ppp-on and ppp-off, but you must to change the access
permisions of these files. As root you must run:
chmod 755 ppp-on
chmod 755 ppp-off
chmod 755 ppp-on-dialer
in the directory where are these files.
For running these scripts you need to go in their directory and enter:
./ppp-on
./ppp-off
or you can make two symbolic links from these scripts in /usr/sbin
directory and you can run directly ppp-on and ppp-off wherever you are.
The best documentation is on the RedHat CD; somewhere there is a RedHat
manual in HTML format and there are a lot of information about PPP.
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