In article <199904280130.SAA23284@pop3.portal.ca>,
> /etc/ppp/ip-up:
> 
> /bin/echo "PPP connection with Portal established." > /dev/console
> echo "hello" > /home/bbogart/ppp_execute

Put a "#!/bin/sh" at the first line and make sure that the file is
marked as executable.

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Matthias Scheler                                http://home.owl.de/~tron/