[pptp-server] trouble with chatfiles and scripts

[David Kempe]

Hi people,
I'm pretty newbie at pptp and poptop sobe kind :)
I have RH6 with most of the standard packages.. ie nothing has been
upgraded.
pppd is 2.3.7
I set up poptop and after much fiddlineg with the pptpd.conf file and
playing aorund with things i have gotten stuck at this problem.
It seems that the pptp server is dieng and starting again very quickly.
this is the log of what is happneing.
Then when a client tries to connect (win2k or win98) it gives from after the
CTRL sectin there.
What i did was it used to execute the /etc/ppp/chatfile at this point.
It seems that this chatfile was trying to dial an old isp of mine, so i
backed it up and used a blank one instead.
My question is firstly - what is with the restarting?
secondly - why does it try and use this chatfile and what is meatn to be in
the chat file i am using.
My pppd does not use the chatfile, as it has old settings, so osmehwere pppd
is using it when it gets invoked by pptpd.
How to tell what is correct i dont know.
Any help appreciated thanks.

Yours

David Kempe


Feb  2 15:36:30 what init: Id "pptp" respawning too fast: disabled for 5
minutes
Feb  2 15:36:29 what pptpd[1504]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 15:36:29 what pptpd[1504]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket
Feb  2 15:36:29 what pptpd[1505]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 15:36:29 what pptpd[1505]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket
Feb  2 15:36:29 what pptpd[1506]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 15:36:29 what pptpd[1506]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket
Feb  2 15:36:29 what pptpd[1507]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 15:36:29 what pptpd[1507]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket
Feb  2 15:36:30 what pptpd[1508]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 15:36:30 what pptpd[1508]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket
Feb  2 15:36:39 what pptpd[1509]: CTRL: Client 24.192.50.71 control
connection started
Feb  2 15:36:40 what pptpd[1509]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd,
opening GRE)
Feb  2 15:36:40 what pppd[1511]: pppd 2.3.7 started by root, uid 0
Feb  2 15:36:40 what pppd[1511]: Serial connection established.
Feb  2 15:36:40 what pppd[1511]: Using interface ppp1
Feb  2 15:36:40 what pppd[1511]: Connect: ppp1 <--> /dev/modem
Feb  2 15:36:40 what pptpd[1509]: GRE: read(fd=5,buffer=804d7e0,len=8196)
from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error
Feb  2 15:36:40 what pptpd[1509]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed
(pty,gre)=(5,6)
Feb  2 15:36:40 what pptpd[1509]: CTRL: Client 24.192.50.71 control
connection finished
Feb  2 15:36:41 what pppd[1511]: Serial line is looped back.
Feb  2 15:36:41 what pppd[1511]: Connection terminated.
Feb  2 15:36:41 what pppd[1511]: Connect time 0.1 minutes.
Feb  2 15:36:41 what pppd[1511]: Exit.

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