[lug] Auto FTP file up on PPP connection

[rjudd at mlug.missouri.edu]

> I'm trying to get my dialup box to auto FTP a file to a server once the PPP
> connection is up, so I actually have two questions (I'm on Red hat 7.0):
> 1) where do I add my script to make my scripts kick off upon a successful
> dialup and logon?  I looked at my ppp-up script in the /etc/ppp directory,
> but it said to use a ppp-up.local.  I couldn't find one, so I made one with
> 755 permissions, and added a line to call my scripts.  But nothing happens.
> My file creation script also has 755 permissions.

The permissions are correct, but you must make sure /etc/ppp/ip-up calls
/etc/ppp/ip-up.local with something like

[ -x /etc/ppp/ip-up.local ] && /etc/ppp/ip-up.local $*

near the beginning of /etc/ppp/ip-up.

Cheers, Rob