Re: starting adsl connection automatically at boot time

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 07:49:12PM +0000, othman El Moulat wrote:
> Hi guys ....
> I have an adsl internet connection which is working fine on a RH 9 box...
> however i'm obliged every time i boot the system to start this adsl connection 
> manually when i log on as a root user...after this i issue the following 2 
> commands in a terminal:  
> 		#eaglectrl -d
> 		#startadsl
> the first command is responsible for sending options to the driver and the 
> second actually start the connection...
> now i wonder if there is a way to start this connection automatically when the 
> system boot up? 
> 
> many thanks for helping...
> 
> othman

There may be a more straightforward way, but to do precisely that, put
the commands in /etc/rc.d/rc.local.  But use the full paths for the
commands because there is no PATH set at that time.

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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