[pptp-server] FreeBSD and pptpd?

tmk tmk at netmagic.net
Tue Jul 27 22:39:13 CDT 1999


when i get that error (on linux mind you ) it is because the gre like failed
to go through, so ppp had no one to talk to. Check that your client supports
pptp from his/her location and that you don't have any wierd firewalling
going on.

Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: william herbert <wherbert at earthlink.net>
To: <pptp-server at lists.schulte.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 8:03 AM
Subject: [pptp-server] FreeBSD and pptpd?


> Anyone have any luck running this on freeBSD 3.1 stable?
> When I initially compiled 0.9.8 I got some errors in pptpctrl.c:28:
> /usr/include/libutil.h:55: parse error before `pid_t'
> /usr/include/libutil.h:56: parse error before `uid_t'
>
>  so I commented those lines out to get it to Make.
> Heres what my logs say, it looks like it almost wants to work... :
>
> maine pptpd[3541]: CTRL: Client 38.26.65.218 control connection started
> Jul 27 23:01:50 maine pptpd[3541]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd,
> opening GRE)
> Jul 27 23:01:50 maine pppd[3542]: pppd 2.3.5 started by bill, uid 0
> Jul 27 23:01:50 maine pppd[3542]: Using interface ppp0
> Jul 27 23:01:50 maine pppd[3542]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyp2
> Jul 27 23:01:50 maine pppd[3542]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <auth chap 05>
> <magic 0xd3a876e3> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> Jul 27 23:02:17 maine last message repeated 9 times
> Jul 27 23:02:20 maine pppd[3542]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Jul 27 23:02:20 maine pppd[3542]: Connection terminated, connected for 1
> minutes
> Jul 27 23:02:20 maine pppd[3542]: Exit.
> Jul 27 23:02:20 maine pptpd[3541]: GRE: read(fd=4,buffer=804cd58,len=8196)
> from PTY failed: status = 0 error = No error
> Jul 27 23:02:20 maine pptpd[3541]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed
> (pty,gre)=(4,5)
> Jul 27 23:02:20 maine pptpd[3541]: CTRL: Client 38.26.65.218 control
> connection finished
>
> my win98 VPN addapter is configured per web page instructions, just kinda
> weary about
> /etc/ppp/options file not being exactly like Linux's , as well as the bad

> compile, im not a programmer but the lines that where commented out:
>
> int     uu_lock_txfr __P((const char *_ttyname, pid_t _pid));
> int     _secure_path __P((const char *_path, uid_t _uid, gid_t _gid));
>
> look hairy for authentications sake...
> thanks for any and all advice.
> wherbert at earthlink.net
>
>
>
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