For me (RH 5.0 with a lot of errata updates), the scripts are if-up ppp0
and if-down ppp0; I am not at my machine right now, but the names are
either if-up or if_up. They reside in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin and I had to
add that to my path.
I was surprised that they worked. I was looking for a way to conect
without having to be root; ezppp was good for that, but it had an annoying
window with no handles and someone's suggestion on how to fix that either
didn't work for me or I didn't do it right. So I sat down with a how-to on
connecting and just tried if-up ppp0 to see what would happen.
The point is, the scripts worked on first try *after* I had already
successfully configured and connected with netcfg and ezppp, so I suspect
the critical part was done by one or both of those apps. All the
connecting apps use the scripts in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.
At 09:13 PM 5/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 12:36 PM 5/4/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>At 11:46 AM 5/4/98 -0400, Jake Colman wrote:
>>>
>>>I successfully got PPP up and running using the network configuration tool
>>from
>>>the control panel. It works like a charm. My questions are:
>>>
>>>1) How to I get it up and running if I don't want to to start X
>>
>>ifconfig ppp0 up
>>ifconfig ppp0 down
>
> I tried that and I did not get an error, but nothing happend. The curser
>came back right after I hit enter and... nothing. I type the down command
>and the same thing, nothing. What does that mean since I dont get an error.
>I also have a working connection through Xwindows and have not been able to
>login without X. Everytime I try (I have used a couple HowTo's so my system
>is probably screwed now) this is what happens. Although one time it did
>change my prompt to my isp's domain name, though I was not connected
> Are "up" and "down" a script and "ifconfig" a program that are supposed
>to be in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory? Is this the program
>that X actually uses to dial and make a connection?
> It seems that there are alot of ways to make Linux dial amd make a ppp
>connection. Doing it in X was a snap but from the command prompt has just
>caused me grief. I had hoped this would work :(
>
>
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