[pptp-server] trouble with chatfiles and scripts

[Nate Carlson]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, David Kempe wrote:

> 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

Have you checked your /etc/ppp/options, and /etc/ppp/if[up|down]?

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