[pptp-server] pppd failing with nothing logged

[robert]

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By chance, is there a firewall on either end?

On Friday 23 March 2001 12:59, Michael St. Laurent wrote:
> I'm running PoPToP version 1.1.2 on RedHat 7.0.  During call initiation
> everything seems to go fine until it reaches the point of launching pppd.
> Actually, that _seems_ to go fine as well as the launch code reports
> success.  However, communication through the socket just doesn't happen and
> the pppd process does not log anything.  I know that the correct pppd
> binary is being used as I replaced it with a little script that logged the
> arguments being used and then executes the original binary.
>
> I'm at a loss at this point.
>
> Below is the relevant part of the logfile (note: the one line tagged as
> pppd is from the script I wrote, not the daemon itself):
>
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: MGR: Launching /usr/sbin/pptpctrl to
> handle client
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: local address = 10.127.10.1
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: remote address = 10.127.20.1
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: Client 209.245.72.166 control
> connection started
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: Received PPTP Control Message
> (type: 1)
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: Made a START CTRL CONN RPLY
> packet
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: I wrote 156 bytes to the
> client. Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: Sent packet to client
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: Received PPTP Control Message
> (type: 7)
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: 0 min_bps, 0 max_bps, 32 window
> size
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: Made a OUT CALL RPLY packet
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd,
> opening GRE)
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: pty_fd = 4
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: tty_fd = 5
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4020]: CTRL (PPPD Launcher): Connection
> speed = 115200
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4020]: CTRL (PPPD Launcher): local address =
> 10.127.10.1
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4020]: CTRL (PPPD Launcher): remote address
> = 10.127.20.1
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: I wrote 32 bytes to the client.
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: Sent packet to client
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pppd: pppd called with arguments: local 115200
> 10.127.10.1:10.127.20.1
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: Error reading from pppd: Input/output
> error
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: GRE read or PTY write failed
> (gre,pty)=(5,4)
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: Client 209.245.72.166 control
> connection finished
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[4019]: CTRL: Exiting now
> Mar 23 10:40:11 guardian pptpd[3871]: MGR: Reaped child 4019
>
>
> --------------------
> Michael St. Laurent
> Hartwell Corporation
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