Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 13:49:36 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Manuel Enrique Garcia Cuesta <megarcia@lix.intercom.es> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp: can't find ifindex. Message-ID: <199708031249.NAA10166@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 01 Aug 1997 20:48:33 BST." <199708011948.UAA02673@lix.intercom.es>
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> Greetings
>
> I just set up user ppp on a 2.2.1 system as explained in
> the online handbook, but every time I type "ppp" the program replies
> with
>
> User Process PPP. Written by Toshiharu OHNO
> Log level is 281
> Warning: No password entry for this host in ppp.secret
> Warning: All manipulation is allowed by anyone in the world
> can't find ifindex.
> open_tun: No such file or directory
>
> and exits. I suppose the warnings are to be expected since
> my ppp.secret is empty. Any idea about the last two messages ?
> Thanks in advance.
The "ifindex" is the number of the tun interface. If it can't
determine this, it probably means that you've rebuild your kernel
without a "pseudo-device tun X" line.
> Manolo
>
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