Charlie Brady schrieb: > > On Fri, 13 Nov 2009, Mark Ryden wrote: > >> What I mean is this: I have eth0 - eth3 on a machine, and a ppp >> connection. I want to know by a >> short program which device is the one which the ppp connection is >> using (I know that usually this can >> be deduced by running "ps" for the corresponding ppp daemon, and >> inspecting the parameters; for example, with pppoe, I have "-I eth1" >> parameter (-I stands for interface). But I want a more general >> way which can be used in cases when we cannot get this info). > > I would do this via an environment variable that you set via your start > script: > > PPPOE_DEVICE=eth1 pppoe .... -I eth1 > > Have a look at daemontools or runit for mechanisms to give you good > reliable control of the execution environment of long-running processes. > > --- you can scan the output of ifconfig -a, but normaly pppd setups a ppp0. re, wh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
