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procmail and ssh

2001-07-23 06:03:11
Hi,

I want to start a ppp connection on a remote machine when
a mail arrives. So this is what I've figured out:

:0
* ^TOtest
{
  :0 w
| /usr/freeware/bin/ssh -T root(_at_)[remote machine] /usr/sbin/ppp -foreground alarm

  :0
  !jappe(_at_)${DOMAIN}
}

The machine running procmail is a IRIX 6.5 machine and the remote
machine is a OpenBSD 2.8.

The users which runs procmail has an empty passphrase and when
I execute the above command on the command line the connection is
made. But when I let procmail execute the command the ssh connection
is made but it seems that there isn't enought time to execute ppp
corectly because the modem blinks and the connection ends. I thought
the 'w' option ensured that the exernal program is finished before
continuing?

Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Jappe

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