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If for any reason the box gets rebooted I don't have Apache automated
to load on reboot.  So that means I get a page and have to telnet into
the box and start it manually.

The problem that I run into is that if I place the startup command for
Apache in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local (Slackware) file to load on bootup it
fails to load because the ppp-on script is still in the process of
connecting and Apache doesn't see the assigned IP address to the PPP0
adapter that isn't registered to the system yet.

My /usr/sbin/ppp-on has a line for local_IP=0.0.0.0 so that the ISP
assigns the IP address even though it is static.

Any suggestions?  I've wondered if there was/is a way to make the PPP0
adapter a static network adapter to the system even when there isn't a
physical dialup connection at any given moment...

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  I recently put the
users on proxy cache thru Apache versus straight thru the (slow)
dialup; so for any reason the Apache software isn't running the users
act like ducks out the water rather than temporarily setting they're
browsers to non-proxy lookups.

If you make a comment about RTFM, at least tell me what FM to read.

Thanks.  -P

Quote:> I currently run a Linux box that has a dedicated dialup access line
> with a static IP that is assigned during the initial connection.

> The problem that I run into is that if I place the startup command for
> Apache in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local (Slackware) file to load on bootup it
> fails to load because the ppp-on script is still in the process of
> connecting and Apache doesn't see the assigned IP address to the PPP0
> adapter that isn't registered to the system yet.

Works for my laptop, which I can boot up either connected or alone:
I have apache listen (on different virtual hosts) to 127.0.0.1
and to the address of eth0 (before I set it up for Namevirtualhosts
it was on several 127.0.0.* addresses).  If I had a fixed IP address
for ppp, I'd expect to do the same with it.

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Nick Kew

Quote:> The problem that I run into is that if I place the startup command for
> Apache in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local (Slackware) file to load on bootup it
> fails to load because the ppp-on script is still in the process of
> connecting and Apache doesn't see the assigned IP address to the PPP0
> adapter that isn't registered to the system yet.

miguel