Installation instructions for WMiFS. NOTE! -------------------------------------------------------------- Installing this program requires root privileges, ask your local system/network administrator kindly if she/he wants to install this software for you ;-) Requirements ---------------------------------------------------------- - root access To be able to complete the installation you'll need to make changes in the system's /etc directory, the installation copies the GLOBAL config file there, don't worry, nothing will be overwritten ;-) Installation -------------------------------------------------------------- 1) % tar -zxvf wmifs-1.3b.tar.gz 2) % cd wmifs.app/wmifs 3) % make 4) % su root 5) # make install 6)* # vi ~/.wmifsrc and/or /etc/wmifsrc set up the paths to your pppd start, stop & restart scripts 7) % wmifs & (or wmifs -h for brief help). 6)* This is optional, WMiFS also works fine without them, it's entirely up to you ;-) Extra Install Info For Site Administrators! -------------------------------------------------------------- For site administrators who don't want their users messing up pppd's configuration files, WMiFS now supports an /etc/wmifsrc.fixed file. The installation will install the normal user and global wmifsrc files in $HOME and /etc, NOT the fixed one! WMiFS scan for 3 files at startup, in the following order: 1. /etc/wmifsrc 2. $HOME/.wmifsrc 3. /etc/wmifsrc.fixed If no .wmifsrc file is found in the users home directory, WMiFS will use the global one (/etc/wmifsrc, if present and valid). When WMiFS finds a /etc/wmifs.fixed file, all settings that WMiFS detected in /etc/wmifsrc and/or $HOME/.wmifsrc will be discarted i.e. OVERRIDDEN! If you want your users to be able to dialout, but you don't want them to mess around, simply move or copy the default /etc/wmifsrc to /etc/wmifsrc.fixed :) Note: When NO wmifsrc files are found at all, WMiFS will work, but quite obvious, WMiFS won't launch any scripts. Make sure there are valid and FULL pathnames in the wmifsrc file(s) if you want WMiFS to launch your pppd scripts ;-) Usage ------------------------------------------------------------- WMiFS support the following commandline options: -h helpscreen -display X server display where wmppp should appear (default = 0:0) -i interface name, note: 'lo' can ONLY be specified with '-i lo' ;-) (default = default interface as it appears in /proc/net/route) -w draw the statistics graph in waveform like mode, try it! (default = normal) -v print wmifs version number General Notes -------------------------------------------------------------- Note 1: If "make install" fails on your system, please edit the Makefile to set the paths according to your setup. "make install" defaults to /usr/local/bin, $HOME & /etc. Note 2: Please DO read the HINTS, this file contains some very usefull tips about WMiFS.