Hi... Heh, yeah. Problem is, there almost always seems to be some new thing getting in the way of idle links I have to take care of. Sigh...
Alex On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 10:44:12 -0500 > From: "Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Keeping Machine Up - Advice Needed > Resent-Date: 20 Jul 1998 15:45:48 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > I highly recommend diald. It is highly configurable and resilient. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, > > Tomorow I am leaving the country for about a month and I would like > > to > > ensure that my machine stays up and online the whole time so I can telnet in > > and access certain files. - So does anyone have any tips on things I > > should > > do / measures to put in place to minimize the chance of my machine going > > down / > > offline while I'm not here? > > I am running a hamm install with various slink packages. It is > > on a modem ppp link with "persist" set in /etc/ppp/options. It has "(mlddc < > > /etc/ppp/mymldata 2>&1) >> /var/log/mlddc" in ip-up, so it updates its > > monolith > > domain any time it goes online. Also I have set the file > > /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot. > > ...... The idea being that if the fone disconnects it will redial and > > reregister > > the new ip, and if power goes, when it comes back up it will dial when it > > boots > > up and reregister the new ip. The machine runs ftpd,telnetd,ssh and httpd. > > > > One thing that happens occasionally is that my ISP has problems and > > their gateway will stop working and packets don't get out, but it doensn't > > actually disconnect. So I was thinking I should put something in my > > cron.daily > > to restart the ppp connection - What should I use to restart pppd or kill it > > and start a new one? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Timothy Hospedales > > > > ---------------------------------- > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: 19-Jul-98 > > Time: 12:41:39 > > > > This message was sent by XFMail. > > Powered by GNU/Linux 2.0. > > ---------------------------------- > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > -- > Jens B. Jorgensen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
