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Date:      Mon, 04 May 1998 23:21:45 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        metrag@cdboutique.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP help needed! 
Message-ID:  <199805042221.XAA05983@awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 04 May 1998 14:49:54 -0000." <199805041949.PAA10410@smtp.quebectel.com> 

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> Please, I need help on the following:
> 
> I'm trying to connect my ISP using ppp but ppp will not start
> giving me the following message:
> 
> myname# ppp
> ld.so failed: Can't find shared library "libdes.so.3.0"
> myname#
[.....]

>From ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT

o  The ppp program fails to work, citing a missing shared library
   called "libdes.so.3.0".

Fix:  There are three possible fixes:

1. The easiest fix is to simply install the des distribution with
   /stand/sysinstall, remembering to pick a site that will allow you
   to export it if you're outside the United States and Canada
   (ftp.freebsd.org and ftp.internat.freebsd.org both fall into this
   category).

2. Purely as a work-around, and what you may need to do if ppp
   also constitutes your only way of getting to the net, is to simply
   do the following (as root):

      cp /usr/lib/libcrypt.so.2.0 /usr/lib/libdes.so.3.0 
      ldconfig -m /usr/lib

3. Another fix, and one which doesn't involve having to fetch the DES
   bits, is to install the ppp sources in /usr/src/usr.sbin/ppp and rebuild
   them.  The sources are "smart" enough to know that the DES library isn't
   on the system and won't create a binary which depends on it.


NOTE:  If you choose the 2nd or 3rd fixes, you also will not be able to
use MSCHAP (Microsoft Win*) style authentication.


-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....



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