Whats wrong with the persist option on pppd?
Dean
Ben Donohue wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
> I use the following and it works a treat!
>
> put this extra line in crontab to run a file every 5 minutes.
> */5 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.5minutes
>
> then create a directory called /etc/cron.5miutes
> put a file in there called ppp
>
> in the file ppp have the following...
> #!/bin/bash
> cd /etc/ppp
> ps ax|fgrep pppd|fgrep -v fgrep > /dev/null || /usr/sbin/pppd
> exit 0
>
> set the permissions on the file to execute.
>
> then every 5 minutes the cron job will check if a ppp process is running. if so
> then nothing will happen. if not then it will dial up.
> a word of warning. if you dial the wrong number, you'll be paying for a call
> every five minutes. check this whole thing manually first!
>
> Ben
>
> Dave Kempe wrote:
>
> > Hey sluggers,
> > I'm very newbie at writing scripts or any sort of programming really.
> > Wondering where I would start to write a script that checked to see if the
> > PPP link was up and if it wasn't brought it up? I know that the modem lock
> > files would be useful cos nothing else uses the modem, so the existance of
> > /var/lock/LCK..ttyS0 is reasonable. Or is there a better way in /proc
> > something.
> >
> > The other question i have is how to understand the entries in crontab.
> > I have read a few cron tutuorials, and still don't exactly understand how to
> > make cron do something once an hour or once a day.
> > I don't exactly understand what each column means in the 6 or so *'s that
> > are at the start of the crontab entry. Anyone care to share the secret?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Dave
> >
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