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5 WMiFS supports commandline options, 'wmifs -h' prints help
8 WMiFS has a special -i option, this way you can force
9 WMiFS to monitor a particular interface like:
15 Without the -i option (wmifs &) WMiFS automagicly
16 grabs the default interface and will display the
17 name and statistics of that interface.
19 You can cycle in realtime through all available
20 active interfaces by simply clicking with the left
21 mousebutton on the interface name gadget in the
22 upperleft corner of WMiFS...
24 Note: The 'lo' interface is an exception, 'lo' ONLY
25 works when invoked from the commandline (wmifs -i lo),
26 lo was mainly build in for testing purposes ;-)
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31 WindowMaker users simply drag and drop the WMiFS dock.app on
32 the WindowMaker Dock (preferred) or the Clip.
34 Now press the rightmouse button on WMiFS's outer edges and
35 select "Settings..." from the popup menu that appears.
37 Enable the 'Start when WindowMaker is started' option, then
38 click on the 'OK' button in the Docked Applications Panel.
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43 Afterstep users put the following in their .steprc
44 "Wharf wmifs - MaxSwallow "wmifs" wmifs -i eth0 -w &".
46 Note: the small pixmap placement bug is in Wharf, please
47 notify the AfterStep developers if you want to see
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53 For other windowmanagers, WMiFS runs nicely as 64x64 pixel
54 shaped icon on your desktop.
56 p.s. FVWM can swallow it too, so we've heard ;-)
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61 Be sure to drag WMIFS on it's outer edges, it's a bit
62 picky due to the large gfx pixmap it keeps ;-)
65 Setting up the WMiFS RC file
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67 WMIFS can (optionally) launch your ppp scripts with a simple
68 left mouse click on the interface statistics display.
70 You may define your settings in ~/.wmifsrc like:
72 left: /home/foobar/MyPPP-connect-script
73 middle: /home/foobar/MyPPP-disconnect-script
74 right: /home/foobar/MyPPP-reconnect-script
76 Note: If you run a site where users may not fiddle with the
77 PPP scripts, read INSTALL > Info For Site Admins!
80 Creating PPP dialup scripts
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82 Because a very good PPP HowTo already exists,
83 it's quite pointless for us to explain to you
84 how you should and can make them...
86 Read the PPP HowTo, and you'll see that it's
87 very easy to create your own PPP scripts ;-)
90 Permissions to allow non-root WMPPP connections
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92 WMiFS will connect just fine when run as root, but if you want
93 to run WMiFS as a non-root user, there are a few files and
94 programs to make permissions changes to.
96 WMiFS needs access to the device file your modem is on, so if
97 you use COM1, then the modem device file you use is /dev/cua0.
98 Change the permissions so that it is world read/writable:
102 The pppd daemon also makes calls to the kernel which require root
103 permissions. The pppd daemon must be owned by root, and then have
104 it's set-user-id bit turned on. This way, the pppd daemon will
105 always run as SUID root. Change the owner and SUID bit like: