Matej Cepl wrote:
> > Realistically I think the best way would be to run whereami
> > in the up/down hooks with --hint options used to restrict
> > the detection rulesets.
>
> I have created these two scripts (saved to /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/
> and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/ respectively) and all seems to be well.
Take back -- it doesn't work. I do not know why, but after
running whereami with attached configuration files ping (or dig,
host, fping, whichever of them) is not able to make Internet name
resolution (from smtp.surfbest.net to 216.127.146.11).
Do you have any idea, what may be the reason?
Matej
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# #
# # Sample configuration file for 'whereami' copyright Andrew McMillan, 1999
# #
# Surfbest
=surfbest setmailrelay smtp.surfbest.net
#+surfbest setresolver search surfbest.net
# tohle je nastavení, které doporučuje www.surfbest.net pro MAC OS7
#=surfbest setresolver search surfbest.net nameserver 209.63.0.2 nameserver
207.173.86.2
# Volný.cz
=volny setmailrelay smtp.volny.cz
=volny setresolver search volny.cz nameserver 212.20.96.34 nameserver
212.20.96.38
# NEU
=neu setmailrelay smtp.neu.edu
=neu setresolver search neu.edu nameserver 129.10.1.49 nameserver 155.33.33.62
=neu route add -host 127.0.0.1 lo
# Doma
+home setresolver
+home setmailrelay queue smtp.surfbest.net
+home /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server start
-home /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server stop
=unknown setmailrelay queue
# The (planned) detection configuration file for 'whereami'
# $Id: detect.conf,v 1.3 2003/02/21 19:09:15 root Exp $
#
# This file describes unique features of various environments you connect
# to and associates them with those locations.
# When a test is successful, no further tests will be conducted
# until a subsequent 'if' or 'fi' statement, or if the line is preceded
# by the word 'always'
#
# You may also set environment variables for the scripts (test and action)
# subsequently called by whereami using "set <varname> <value>".
#
# See man 5 detect.conf for more information.
# The entries below are examples only - you will need to add your own
set DEBUGWHEREAMI 1
default unknown
testmii eth0 lan
# always testpci Lucent bogus1
# always testpci CMD docked,office
if lan
set INTERFACE eth0
testdhcp '*.*.*.*' dhcp
testping 192.168.0.3 home
else
#testmodule ppp_deflate ppp
fi
if dhcp
#testdhcp 192.10.*.* neu
testping 192.10.244.11 neu
#testdhcp 192.* mit
fi
if ppp
set INTERFACE ppp0
# testing DNS server
testping 198.6.1.6 surfbest
#testping 198.6.1.6 volny
fi
#!/bin/sh -e
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
# If ppp option is not there, don't do anything here.
if ! [ -f /etc/whereami/whereami.conf ]; then
exit 0
fi
/usr/sbin/whereami --hint ppp
