[pptp-server] trouble with chatfiles and scripts

[David Kempe]

Thanks for that hlep tmk. I actually solved it shortly before you replied by
doing that exact thing. It seems to work ok.....

Now i am getting another problem.
For some reason the pptpd is going nuts

Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32675]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32675]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket
Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32676]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32676]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket
Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32677]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32677]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket
Feb  2 21:20:16 what init: Id "pptp" respawning too fast: disabled for 5
minutes
Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32678]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32678]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket
Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32679]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32679]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket
Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32680]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32680]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket
Feb  2 21:20:15 what pptpd[32681]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 21:20:16 what pptpd[32681]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket
Feb  2 21:20:16 what pptpd[32682]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  2 21:20:16 what pptpd[32682]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket

It seems to die and respawn very quickly givng big troubles.
Im not sure what is going on, if you know of anything that would cause this
process to do this please let me know
Note that i dont run pptpd on startup at all, I have tried also to killall
the pptpd process, this stops the racing however when i start it again it
imediatly tries to do it. People can still connect fine, however it seems to
want to restart itself rampantly.

thanks

dave



-----Original Message-----
From: tmk [mailto:tmk at netmagic.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 2 February 2000 5:40 PM
To: David Kempe
Subject: Re: [pptp-server] trouble with chatfiles and scripts


check your /etc/ppp/options file for mention of the chat script

Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: David Kempe <david at solutionsfirst.net>
To: <pptp-server at lists.schulte.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 9:48 PM
Subject: [pptp-server] trouble with chatfiles and scripts


> 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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