> on host.example.com, then on dialup.example.com, i have in the > /etc/ppp/ip-up.local file (OK, it's RH, so shoot me...): > ADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig ppp0 |grep 'inet addr' | \ > sed -e "s/.*addr://" -e "s/ .*$//"` > echo $ADDR | nc host.example.com 65531 The Debian db2 and db3 maintainer runs RedHat? The horror, the horror. ;) - Aaron