* John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I am having a problem using /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ to start fetchmail when I >> use pon to connect. there is a script in there that wil start fetchmail >> for me as desired via command line. yet fetchmail still won't start on >> it's own when I connect to my ISP.
> Post the name of the script, the permissions, and the script itself. -----------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I suspect John thinks about the following sentence in the manpage of run-parts, so check that: Filenames should consist entirely of upper and lower case letters, digits, underĀ scores, and hyphens. You could also try run-parts --report /etc/ppp/ip-up maybe that gives a clue. HTH, Colin -- Colin Marquardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>