adsl connection via init.d script

[cthulu]

Alright .. since there is no init.d script for the dsl connection .. and i wanted it to be started via an init.d script this is the one i came up with.
If there are issues or anything please let me know



First ..you need to make sure that you have configured your adsl account, and test the connection by running adsl-start

if it connects then add this script into your /etc/init.d/
I call the scrip adsl .. call it whatever you like

#!/sbin/runscript

depend() {
need net.eth0
}

start() {
ebegin "Starting adsl"
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/adsl-start --background
eend $?
}

stop() {
ebegin "Stoping adsl"
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/adsl-stop --backgorund
eend $?
}


That is it. If you are asking youself why i have "start" in the stop function .. i am simply using the existing adsl start and stop scripts to execute then connection .. and sinice the adsl-stop script needs to be run to stop the connection .. this works well. I am SURE that if someone wants to take the time and write a better script they can .. (heck if i wanted to take the time and do it i could), but i wanted something fast and that worked .. so there you go.

[m0ns00n]

Great! Just a spelling mistake in one of the --background options.... but other than that, it works 100%! Thanks

[To]

I also have this on my cron.hourly:

[cthulu]

Nice cron. Only reason i wanted to go with the init.d script was that i am using a laptop and most of the time. I wonder if it would be possable to get this init.d script into the gentoo portage tree .. maybe as a patch to pppoe.

[asimon]