Todd Kaehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am having a problem connecting to our PPP server (RedHat 5.2) the first
> time. Sometimes I need to try 2 or 3 times before I attach (The connection
> drops with an error). If I redial I get in. From the messages it looks
> like the kernel is taking to long to register the ppp line. The attached
> file shows a sequence where I needed 2 tries to connect. Notice that the
> first attempt fails before the:
>
> kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation)
In fact the log shows the session terminating just 2 seconds after it
starts, here:
> Jun 4 06:46:28 mola mgetty[9938]: data dev=ttyS0, pid=9938, caller='none',
> conn
> ='24000/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS', name='', cmd='/bin/login', user='pppuser'
> Jun 4 06:46:29 mola PAM_pwdb[9938]: (login) session opened for user
> pppuser by
> (uid=0)
> Jun 4 06:46:30 mola login[9938]: DIALUP AT ttyS0 BY pppuser
> Jun 4 06:46:30 mola login[9938]: LOGIN ON ttyS0 BY pppuser
> Jun 4 06:46:30 mola PAM_pwdb[9938]: (login) session closed for user
> pppuser
Why are you getting the session closed message? How does pppd get
invoked, and with what options?
> Jun 4 06:46:36 mola kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the
> Universit
> y of California
Why is the CSLIP module getting loaded? This makes me think there is
something else going on besides just pppd getting started.
BTW, the latest version is ppp-2.3.8, I suggest you upgrade.
Paul.
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