You may want to put the following into your /etc/rc.local: # start wwwoffle if [ -x ${PREFIX}/sbin/wwwoffled ]; then echo -n ' wwwoffled' ${PREFIX}/sbin/wwwoffled -c /var/spool/wwwoffle/wwwoffle.conf \ -p > /var/run/wwwoffled.pid fi in /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup: !bg ${PREFIX}/bin/wwwoffle -online in /etc/ppp/ppp.linkdown: !bg ${PREFIX}/bin/wwwoffle -offline Read ${PREFIX}/share/doc/wwwoffle/* for further information.