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From: Brian Bayorgeon <riff_one@athenet.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: user PPP error message (can't find ifindex)
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 06:54:23 -0500
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Brian wrote:
> 
> very briefly.....I'm setting up user ppp and encounter the
> errors as follows
> 
> can't find ifindex
> open_tun: no such file or directory
> 
> then the program exits
> I can't find any reference for "ifindex" anywhere.
> any help that points me in the right direction will be greatly
> appreciated.  If more info is needed I will be glad to put that
> up as well.  Thanks much
> 
> Brian
> A reformed(recently) DOS hacker

these error messages occur when I run the user "ppp" program