[wellylug] easy dialup settings?

[Caleb Gilmour]

>  
> Hi Johnathan,
> thanks for the reply. Unfortunately that won't work as the deamon seems
to need 
> stopping and starting after each connection/disconnection. I'm not sure
if this 
> is a 'feature' or a bug (probably a bug as this is a beta driver for the 2.6 
> kernel!). I did initially add a script to stop and start slmodemd to the 
> default runlevel, however I could only connect to the ISP once... no so 
> useful ;-)
> 
> I think I may have to go with the script option...

I used to have kppp run some 'after connect' and 'before disconnect'
scripts to start and stop fetchmail. You could write a 'before connect' and
'after disconnect' script to manage the stopping and starting of the
usermode daemon, no? The place where these go is in the 'Execute' tab of
the 'Account' setup.

I also made it so /usr/sbin/kppp was setuid root, and had the icon on the
desktop execute /usr/sbin/kppp instead of the /usr/bin one. (all on a
redhat 8.0 setup, if that matters.)

With those things in place, it would be as easy as Johnathan said, and will
handle the 'feature' that you are trying to work around :-)


> 
> Cheers,
> James Fitzsimons
> 
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