pap dialup command string

[Richard <rsg1 innotts co uk>]

Can someone kindly supply me with the command for dialup with
a pap connection to isp. I am fedup with netcfg and would like
the command line equivalent of the activate command. I know
it builds the command line and I have tried to "see" it with top
and then using xv to capture the screen when it shows but still
no joy. Below is what I have read the command is but it doesn't
work.
Anyone have a working command?? (redhat 5.0 btw)
TIA
Richard

#!/bin/sh
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp  daemon  /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0