<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">I'm trying to run a unix file that I installed at the home level of the hard-drive. The file is called "PPPSetup", and I've got this script that runs it in Revolution:<BR>
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do "do shell script " & quote & "cd ~" & quote as Applescript<BR>
do "do shell script " & quote & "PPPSetup e -e" & quote as Applescript<BR>
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the problem I'm having is that I'm getting a "Timed out waiting for response from server" error. What happens is that the PPPSetup command prompts the user for the admin authentification for the Mac OS X system. This command works perfectly from the command-line (Terminal), but when run from Revolution (or Applescript for that matter), I get the timed-out error. <BR>
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I'm trying to think of alternative ways to execute this command. (My preferred way would be to buy Revolution 2.0 and make the unix call directly), but since I can't do that just yet, I need to figure a work-around. I'm not sure how to write a "batch" file in Unix, otherwise I'd try that - - - although I may have the same problem. My problem is that I don't understand why I'm getting this timeout error (it only takes 10 seconds). I'm also finding that the unix call doesn't actually "follow through" with it's intended function due to this timeout error as well. Is it possible that Applescript isn't "releasing" control to the shell properly in this case?<BR>
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