pppd scripts for easier use of multiple hosts... This is a set of scripts I put together to facilitate easily controlling multiple PPP hosts. You use these scripts at your own risk. I release these for anyone to modify and use without any restrictions whatsoever, and I do not guarantee them to be useful or working. To use this set of scripts, follow the following directions: 1 - Copy the files chat.sh and commandHost into /etc/ppp. 2 - Copy ppp somewhere into your path (or copy it into /etc/ppp and link it into your path) 3 - mkdir /etc/ppp/hosts 4 - copy the folder "hosts/example" into /etc/ppp/hosts. 5 - rename /etc/ppp/hosts/example to the name of your first PPP host (i.e. netcom) 6 - edit /etc/ppp/hosts/example/chat.script to your liking. 7 - repeat steps 4 through 6 for every other hosts you connect to. 8 - If you want anyone to be able to effect PPP connections, make the ppp script SUID (this may be a security hole, and I don't recommend it) You are now ready to go. To start a PPP connection, say: ppp host up (Replace "host" with the name of the host). When the connection completes, a message appears on the console saying so. When you are done with the connection, say: ppp host down To get the status of a connection to a host (Whether you are connected to it), say: ppp host status To get a list of PPP hosts, say: ppp list That's all there is to it. Assuming that you have enough modems and serial ports, you can make as many connections as you want. However, it will not allow you to connect to the same host more than once. Good luck! - Jonathan Adams
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.
