Am Mi, den 27.07.2005 schrieb Parameshwara Bhat um 13:09:+ > I have created a script in ip-down.local as follows on the advice of > Mr.Alexander Dalloz on the list, > > [pbhat@sidharth ~]$ cat /etc/ppp/ip-down.local > DATE=$(date +"%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S") > # Format: date time onlinetime [s] bytes send bytes received > /bin/echo $DATE $CONNECT_TIME $BYTES_SENT $BYTES_RCVD >>/var/log/ppp-usage > > I have also created an empty file in /var/log/ppp-usage. > > Now I expected this file to be updated each time connection went down. > This doesn't seem to be happening. This file remains empty. > > If I issue command > > /sbin/echo $CONNECT_TIME All variables are only available at pppd disconnect time. You can't request the contend of $BYTES_SENT for instance during a ppp session. > I get nothing. What I am missing here? Paul's hint regarding SELinux context is good. For debugging purposes you could too add a command to ip-down.local like (single command line, probably wrapped in mail here): /usr/bin/logger -t "PPP DEBUG" -p kern.debug "ppp went down after $CONNECT_TIME seconds" You then should find the logger notice in your system log (/var/log/messages). > Parameshwara Bhat Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.11-1.35_FC2smp Serendipity 13:39:30 up 11 days, 18:12, load average: 0.07, 0.06, 0.06
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