Script for restarting PPPd (needs fixing)

[win_dir]

Hi all,

I just got the following code from security-forums.com, i think:

#!/bin/bash

while (-f "/var/run/pppkeepgoing.pid"){
	/usr/bin/pppd call speedtch
	sleep 10
}

And for some reason it doesn't work, the errors are:

/sbin/keepitup: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `{'
/sbin/keepitup: line 3: `while (-f "/var/run/pppkeepgoing.pid"){'

Could someone please help me out, Thanks in advance.

Kind Regards
Mark Rawson

[flw]

I'd first double check your syntax from the msg/board you got it from. Letting them know it doesn't work on your sys. They may have made some cmd or syntax errors in the post.

If no syntax errors then you can try a cmd line of "restart pppd" or "rcnetwork restart pppd" depending on your distro. See what pops up on the screen and go from there.

[win_dir]

Solved....The person who had posted the code finally replied to my query. Here is the correct code to make pppd start if not already started or quit due to errors:

#!/bin/bash

while (test -e "/var/run/pppkeepgoing.pid"); do
	/usr/sbin/pppd call speedtch
	sleep 10
done

Thanks for your help anyway.