ip-up script of pppd no triggered

[Maxim Konovalov]

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, 16:02+0200, Jim Xochellis wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I have also posted this mail to the freebsd-questions list a few days
> ago, but I had no luck. Hence, I decided to try this list too, which
> probably is the most appropriate for my problem.
>
> I need to persuade pppd to call its ip-up script in order to add a
> non-default route as soon as the link is up and running. Unfortunately
> it seems that my ip-up script is not being called. The mode of the file
> is rwxr-xr-x and the owner root:wheel. I am calling the pppd from
> inside a "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/ppp.sh" script by using the following
> command:
> "/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/cuaa0 115200 A.A.A.A:B.B.B.B noauth persist
> netmask 255.255.255.252"
>
> I have read all the chapter #18 of the handbook, but I haven't found
> anything about the ip-up script. On the contrary the PPPD(8) man page
> claims that the /etc/ppp/ip-up is executed when the link is available
> for sending and receiving IP packets. My link becomes available for
> sending/receiving IP packets, but ip-up is never executed. Any ideas
> why?
> By the way, I am using kernel PPP, (on ppp0) if it makes any difference.
>
> Am I doing something wrong?

Did you look at /usr/share/examples/pppd/ip-up.sample ?

ip-up worked for me six months ago.

-- 
Maxim Konovalov, maxim at macomnet.ru, maxim at FreeBSD.org