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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 01:49:29 +0100
From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> Why does the rsh command not work when alias is enabled with ppp?
> I get the error ...
> "select: protocol failure in circuit setup" 
> This happens only on ppp connections. On the local net rsh works fine.
> Release 2.2.1-RELEASE..
> Help???
> John Prince

The problem is that RPC based programs expect the client side to come
from a specific port.  The alias software changes that port, breaking
the protocol.

There's now a "keep the port the same if you can" option in the alias
code, but it's not in ppp yet - just natd (ports/net/natd).

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....