[pptp-server] PPTP Installation Problems

robert berzerke at swbell.net
Sun Apr 15 23:33:52 CDT 2001


ppp changed between 2.2 and 2.4 kernels.  I suspect if you use an older 
version of ppp (and the appropriate patches), your problem will disappear.  
Or you could use the 2.4 kernel...There is a Howto.

On Sunday 15 April 2001 18:10, Mike McPherson wrote:
> I am having a problem I hope someone can help me with.
>
> http://poptop.lineo.com/releases/PoPToP-RedHat-HOWTO.txt
>
> This is the instructions I am using for installing this.
> I am running kernel 2.2.14-5.0smp on a dual cpu.
>
> I grabbed the latest ppp version 2.4.0 and the mppe patch for 2.4.0
> ppp-2.4.0.tar.gz
> ppp-2.4.0-openssl-0.9.6-mppe.patch.gz
> ppp_mppe_compressed_data_fix.diff
>
> I unzip and tar the files as directed.
> I am logged in as root
>
> I run the patches
>
> I make menuconfig
> I make dep
> I make clean
> I cd to my ppp installation dir
> run ./configure
> make
> make kernel   < --- this is where I get an error message of no rules for
> make kernel
>
> What am I doing wrong ??
>
>
>
>
>
> ##############Þ
> print "\n Welcome to NEPP";$Þ=1;while ($Þ){
> print "\n$Þ";$Þ++;if ($Þ == 1000) {
> print "\n$Þ"."\nWell almost never ending :þ";exit;}}
> ##############Þ

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