[gentoo-dev] PPTP Tunnel init.d script

[gentoo-dev] PPTP Tunnel init.d script

[Chris Smith]

Hi guys,

I've recently set up my Gentoo server to access my nokia M1122 modem via pptp. 
Everything works sweet as, and it gives me the control over my internet 
connection that I need.

The problem is, is when my server powers off, and powers on again, the tunnel 
will be lost and I'll have to start it manually. I thought the 
/etc/init.d/net.ppp0 script may have some kind of support for it, but it 
doesn't. The command that needs to be run is "pptp-command start M1122", but 
I would like it to be part of the Gentoo init system.

So I set out with my _very_ basic bash skills and tried to impliment my own. 
And I failed (I really need to learn bash better :). The Gotcha's are that it 
has to load after my net.eth0 script, but before any of my network services 
start up (can't bind to a non-existant device).

I found a nice walkthrough for a debian PC, but time is limited at the moment 
(assignments are piling up... :( Uni.) so I was just wondering if anybody had 
hacked up a solution for this. 

If not, I'll attempt it again in a week or two, and post the result here so 
you guys can get kicks from my bash scripting :D

Cheers,
Chris.


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Re: [gentoo-dev] PPTP Tunnel init.d script

[Ricardo Loureiro]

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Hi chris,

If I understood your problem correctly, you need to make sure that your script runs after eth0 goes up and before everything else. If that's the case, the solution is simple:

Take a look at the Gentoo Linux rc-script Guide, specially this section:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rc-scripts.xml#doc_chap5

Hope it helps.

Ricardo Loureiro

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:55:21 +1200
Chris Smith <chris.rs@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I've recently set up my Gentoo server to access my nokia M1122 modem via pptp. 
> Everything works sweet as, and it gives me the control over my internet 
> connection that I need.
> 
> The problem is, is when my server powers off, and powers on again, the tunnel 
> will be lost and I'll have to start it manually. I thought the 
> /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 script may have some kind of support for it, but it 
> doesn't. The command that needs to be run is "pptp-command start M1122", but 
> I would like it to be part of the Gentoo init system.
> 
> So I set out with my _very_ basic bash skills and tried to impliment my own. 
> And I failed (I really need to learn bash better :). The Gotcha's are that it 
> has to load after my net.eth0 script, but before any of my network services 
> start up (can't bind to a non-existant device).
> 
> I found a nice walkthrough for a debian PC, but time is limited at the moment 
> (assignments are piling up... :( Uni.) so I was just wondering if anybody had 
> hacked up a solution for this. 
> 
> If not, I'll attempt it again in a week or two, and post the result here so 
> you guys can get kicks from my bash scripting :D
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris.
> 
> 
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> gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
> 


Ricardo Loureiro

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Re: [gentoo-dev] PPTP Tunnel init.d script

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Monday 28 July 2003 19:57, Ricardo Loureiro wrote:
> If I understood your problem correctly, you need to make sure that your
> script runs after eth0 goes up and before everything else. If that's the
> case, the solution is simple:

even easier, why not put it into /etc/conf.d/local.start ... of course this 
will only run when the server boots ...

- -mike
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