Why script ip-down.local is doing nothing?

[Thomas Springer]

Hello,

Parameshwara Bhat wrote:

> Hello List,
> 
> I have created a script in ip-down.local as follows on the advice of  
> Mr.Alexander Dalloz on the list,
> 
> [pbhat at sidharth ~]$ cat /etc/ppp/ip-down.local
> DATE=$(date +"%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S")
> # Format: date  time  onlinetime [s]  bytes send   bytes received
> /bin/echo $DATE $CONNECT_TIME $BYTES_SENT $BYTES_RCVD >>/var/log/ppp-
> usage
> 
> I have also created an empty file in /var/log/ppp-usage.
> 
> Now I expected this file to be updated each time connection went
> down. This doesn't seem to be happening. This file remains empty.
> 
> If I issue command
> 
> /sbin/echo $CONNECT_TIME
> 
> I get nothing. What I am missing here?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Parameshwara Bhat
> 
I noticed that, too.It's probably a SELinux issue.

My idea was to add a line :

/var/log/ppp-usage      --      system_u:object_r:pppd_log_t

in

/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts
(circa at line 1441 - ppp section you will find a simualar expression)

and

# setfiles -vv </etc/selinux/(...)/file_contexts> /var/log/ppp-usage

or

# touch /.autorelabel && reboot

That works for now.

Thomas.