[pptp-server] pptpd pptpcrtl cannot spawn pppd

Net- Head ctc911ctc at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 6 16:32:15 CDT 2000


I have spent 3-4 hrs working on this and cannot figure
out why pppd does not start when a gre request is
taken by our machine. I have reviewed the setup and
have gotten this operational on othe machines.

Any ideas out there in pptp land?

CTC

********** SYSLOG OUTPUT FOLLOWS *****************



Sep  5 15:15:31 hostname pptpd[2400]: CTRL: PTY read
or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6)
Sep  5 15:17:08 hostname pptpd[2432]: CTRL (PPPD
Launcher): Failed to launch PPP daemon.
Sep  5 15:17:08 hostname pptpd[2432]: CTRL (PPPD
Launcher): Failed to launch PPP daemon.
Sep  5 15:17:08 hostname pptpd[2432]: CTRL: PPPD
launch failed!
Sep  5 15:17:08 hostname pptpd[2432]: CTRL: PPPD
launch failed!
Sep  5 15:17:08 hostname pptpd[2430]: GRE:
read(fd=5,buffer=804dee4,len=8196) from PTY failed:
status = -1 error = I/O error
Sep  5 15:17:08 hostname pptpd[2430]: GRE:
read(fd=5,buffer=804dee4,len=8196) from PTY failed:
status = -1 error = I/O error
Sep  5 15:17:08 hostname pptpd[2430]: CTRL: PTY read
or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6)
Sep  5 15:17:08 hostname pptpd[2430]: CTRL: PTY read
or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(5,6)
Sep  6 09:45:55 hostname su: 'su root' succeeded for
conrad on /dev/pts/0

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