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From: Steve Gailey <steveg@metrosol.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Slight problem with user ppp!
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 13:14:00 +0000
Organization: Metronome Solutions Ltd
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Don't get me wrong, it works wonderfully, is easy to configure, I love
it, but there
is one slight problem that I would like to get around to solving.
When I run ppp the first time from a reboot, I get the following
message:
This example is when I run ppp -auto provider, though I get a similar
problem
when I run it interactivly.
User Process PPP. Written by Toshiharu OHNO.
Log level is 09
can't open /etc/ppp/ppp.secret.
Warning: No password entry for this host in ppp.secret
Warning: All manipulation is allowed by anyone in the world
Using interface: tun0
Automatic mode
SIOCAIFADDR: File exists
The last line is the problem. PPP will not connect, though it will dial
and log in.
That is to say, the connection is made, the routing is altered, but
packets do not flow.
If I kill the process and start again, I do not get the last line of the
message, and everything works fine. This is 100% reproducible. Only
happens on the first time. Never happens after I kill and restart the
process.
Any suggestions before I start hunting through the code?
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Steve Gailey steveg@metrosol.demon.co.uk
Metronome Solutions Ltd. Tel: +44 973 563 239
Fax: +44 1732 460 742
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