I'll assume that /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/fetchmail is executable. You
might try adding some paths in the script. I saw this in an example,
but I'm not sure why they would be necessary.
PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin
export $PATH
su -c 'fetchmail --quit' <whomever>
I recently wrote a couple tiny scripts in my home directory that call
pon/poff and the proper invocation of fetchmail. I think it'd be nice
if pppconfig could be run by regular users and all of the necessary
configs for accounts could live in each user's home directory. Then a
user could connect to their personal account via a script named after
the account with on "up/down" or "on/off" argument. Of course, there
should probably be and /etc/pppconfig file that would enable/disable
this. The initial interface settings and modem initialization should
probably remain configurable only by root, but users could then be
responsible for maintaining their ISP account info (phone, user,
password).
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