Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 11:20:22 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Tim Moony <timm@uniqsite.com> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User PPP setup woe... (fwd) Message-ID: <199711291120.LAA23794@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 26 Nov 1997 22:31:44 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.971126221041.13655A-100000@uniqsite.com>
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> ppp-shell
> ----------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> IDENT=`echo $0 | sed -e 's/^.*-\(.*\)$/\1/'`
> CALLEDAS="$IDENT"
> TTY=`tty`
>
> if [ x$IDENT = xdialup ]; then
> IDENT=`basename $TTY`
> fi
>
> echo "PPP for $CALLEDAS on $TTY"
> echo "Starting PPP for $IDENT"
>
> exec /usr/sbin/ppp -direct $IDENT
> ==========================================
So this script will execute ``ppp -direct shell''. You'll need an
entry in ppp.conf called `shell'.
> When I login as the user, I got a line in /var/log/messages:
>
> Nov 26 22:23:58 uniqsite ppp[13756]: Warning: open_tun: No such file or
> directory.
>
> I am not sure what I did wrong. BTW, I am using ppp-971125 from ~brian
> directory.
Sounds like you have no /dev/tun? entries. Go into /dev and type
# sh ./MAKEDEV tun5
The number above depends on how many concurrent users you want -
you'll have to make sure your kernel is built with at least that
number of tun pseudo-devices too.
--
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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