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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
> 

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





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