Re: netcfg & PPP

[lorrain lms ditv-philips fr (lorrain etienne)]

> hi there.. just trying to make things slick on my system..
> 
> wondering what I need to do to start up a PPP connection I've defined in
> 'netcfg' (ie, from the command line rather than from within X).
> 
> and on the same lines, how can I let a user account other than 'root'
> access 'netcfg'? or is that not the done thing?  and if not, then how
> can I let other users start up those PPP connections from the command
> line then?
> 
> Matt

  Hi,
  Starting and stopping a ppp connection on the command line:
  (extract of http://www.myth.co.uk/redhat/installation.txt)
alias ppp-off="/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown \
                            /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0"
alias ppp-on="/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup \
                            /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0"
      To fetch my E-mail, I add also in /root/.bashrc :
alias fmail="fetchmail -p pop3 my.pop3.server -u my_pop3_username"
  User starting ppp :
    - ppp can be started automatically
    - add the sticky bit somewhere (?)
    - RedHat 4.2 seems to have a configuration box to do so.

  My $0.02,
  Etienne Lorrain

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