masqdialer http://w3.cpwright.com/mserver/
connectd from nz http://www.methods.co.nz/connect/connect-guide.html alt-connect http://freespace.virgin.net/fuchsia.groan/software/ (a fork of connectd, but not the nz one!) On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 14:57, Mark Carey wrote: > Hi all, > > Am recently married and are trying to find a way for my wife to connect > to the internet, currently I plug modem into phone line open an ssh > session to linux box (angus), login, su, and issue the following two > commands; > > 1. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004]# /sbin/route del default > > 2. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004]# /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS2 115200 remotename > paradise user me connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v '' AT OK > ATD086727234 CONNECT '\d\c'"; tail -f /var/log/ppp > > DNS handled statically and MASQ handled by iptables rules which execute > as link comes up. > > Now the box is a LAMP box (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP) and the deault > page for the web browsers on my windows box point to my apache server. > > I could write a script that apache could execute to bring the link up, > however I have apache running as a non root user. Only root has > sufficient permissions to run pppd. > > I am not interested in implementing demand dialing, the internet is full > of lovely mail while you are at work zombies and I am not prepared to > have my windows box add to the noise, if it became infected. > > Any sugestions? or other help? > > Thanks, > > Mark Carey
