Whilst you can continue to log in by hand as shown above, it is much
neater to set up some scripts to do this automatically for you.
A set of scripts automates the log in and PPP start up so all you have to
do (as root or as a member of the PPP group) is issue a single command
to fire up your connection.
If your ISP does NOT require the use of PAP/CHAP, these are the scripts
for you!
If the ppp package installed correctly, you should have two example files.
For PPP 2.1.2 they are in /usr/sbin and for PPP 2.2 they are in
/etc/ppp/scripts. They are called
for PPP-2.1.2
and for PPP-2.2
ppp-off
ppp-on
ppp-on-dialer |
Now, if you are using PPP 2.1.2, I strongly urge you to delete the
sample files. There are potential problems with these - and don't tell
me they work fine - I used them for ages too (and recommended them in
the first version of this HOWTO)!
For the benefit of PPP 2.1.2 users, here are BETTER template versions,
taken from the PPP 2.2 distribution. I suggest you copy and use these
scripts instead of the old PPP-2.1.2 scripts.
Take our 
