From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 13 04:50:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id EAA11438 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 04:50:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from zwei.siemens.at (zwei.siemens.at [193.81.246.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id EAA11398 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 04:49:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from sol1.gud.siemens.co.at (root@[10.1.143.100]) by zwei.siemens.at (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA03878 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:50:17 +0100 (MET) Received: from ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at by sol1.gud.siemens.co.at with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #7 for ) id m0vjlpG-00020TC; Mon, 13 Jan 97 13:49 MET Received: by ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at (1.37.109.16/1.37) id AA105599635; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:47:15 +0100 From: "Hr.Ladavac" Message-Id: <199701131247.AA105599635@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> Subject: Re: "Sorry - PPP is not available on this system" msg To: michelle@eugene.net (Michelle Brownsworth) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:47:15 +0100 (MEZ) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Michelle Brownsworth" at Jan 12, 97 09:40:24 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk E-mail message from Michelle Brownsworth contained: > I'm planning to hang a single modem on my server's COM1 port with the > notion of having a 24-hour dedicated 33.6 connection from home. To that > end, after perusing the pertinent Handbook and FAQ sections, I've been > attempting to configure dialin and PPP. > > It seemed logical to create a ppp user account as the first order of > business, as recommended somewhere in the docs, can't remember where: > > > > Sorry - PPP is not available on this system Did you rebuild the kernel with the pseudo-device ppp 1 (at least :) line in the config file? Otherwise, the kernel support just ain't there... BTW, take a look in LINT for the correct syntax. /Marino > > DOH! Obviously, I something's amiss. The ifconfig msg is no doubt caused > by the pppserv script's "ifconfig ppp0 down" and > "ifconfig ppp0 delete" lines, but I'm not sure what it wants, how to > specify an interface that will satisfy it, or if it's even necessary. In > fact, I don't know if the scripts found in the Handbook section in question > (12.2.2) are even relevant to 2.1.5; the author did place the following > caveat at the beginning of the section: > > "This document is written based on the author's experience with FreeBSD > versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.1.5.1 (and experience with dialup modems on other > UNIX-like operating systems); however, this document may not answer all of > your questions or provide examples specific enough to your environment." > > The fact that the scripts are designed to be run by a comparatively ancient > FreeBSD version is not encouraging. Another puzzlement: How is it > specified that /etc/ppp/options is the configuration file that pppd is > supposed to use? And why is it necessary to employ Kermit in the dialin > process to setup the modem to auto answer via the /etc/ppp/kermit.ans > script? Nevertheless, it still seems odd that pppd can't be started from > the command line. > > I'm comin' up empty here... > > .\\ichelle > > -------------------- > Michelle Brownsworth > System Administrator > IMS, Inc. > > >