[pptp-server] PoPToP on RedHat 7.2

Chris Tooley ctooley at amoa.org
Wed May 1 21:30:50 CDT 2002


I'm not positive this has anything to do with it but I had a similar
problem when I wasn't getting the mppe stuff in the kernel correctly. 
What did you do to compile the kernel modules for your kernel?

Chris Tooley

On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 08:09, Jason Staudenmayer wrote:
> Check your FIREWALL rules you need port 47 and 1723 open or forwarded
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Jennings [mailto:mej at kainx.org]
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:02 PM
> To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> Subject: [pptp-server] PoPToP on RedHat 7.2
> 
> 
> Trying to set up PPTP on a brand new Redhat 7.2 installation.  The
> following appears in the syslog when the remote user tries to connect
> (IP address changed to protect the innocent):
> 
> pptpd[12788]: CTRL: Client 11.22.33.44 control connection started
> pptpd[12788]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE)
> pppd[12789]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
> pppd[12789]: Using interface ppp0
> pppd[12789]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1
> pptpd[12788]: Error writing GRE packet: Operation not permitted
> pptpd[12788]: CTRL: GRE read or PTY write failed (gre,pty)=(5,4)
> pptpd[12788]: CTRL: Client 11.22.33.44 control connection finished
> pppd[12789]: Modem hangup
> pppd[12789]: Connection terminated.
> pppd[12789]: Exit.
> 
> The ip_gre.o module is loaded, as are the relavent PPP modules.  Any
> thoughts as to what I've missed?
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
> 
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