[plug] mgetty + pppd problem

[Paul Day]

Ok, what am I doing wrong? I can't work this one out...

Windows 9x client using PPP and PAP to dial-up to a RH6.2 box running
mgetty and pppd 2.4.1 with it's own modem connection out to the Internet
(ppp0 via modem on ttyS0 with nolock being passed to pppd).

In /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config I'm calling pppd with:
/AutoPPP/ -  -  /usr/sbin/pppd debug file /etc/ppp/options.server
and pppd is suid root.

Then in /etc/ppp/options.server I have:
-detach
asyncmap 0
ttyS1
crtscts
lock
require-pap
refuse-chap
login
proxyarp
ms-dns 10.1.1.1
ms-dns 10.1.1.2

and then in /etc/ppp/options.ttyS1 to assign the IP addresses:
10.1.2.1:10.1.2.2

The client can get a terminal no problems, it's loading up PPP and getting
PAP up and running that's the issue. This is what happens on the dial-up
server when the client connects:

Oct 17 01:27:23 click mgetty[13269]: data dev=ttyS1, pid=13269,
caller='none', conn='57600', name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd',
user='/AutoPPP/'
Oct 17 01:27:23 click pppd[13269]: pppd 2.4.1 started by LOGIN, uid 0
Oct 17 01:27:23 click chat[13274]: abort on (BUSY)
Oct 17 01:27:23 click chat[13274]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
Oct 17 01:27:23 click chat[13274]: send (AT&f^M)
Oct 17 01:27:23 click chat[13274]: expect (OK)
Oct 17 01:27:29 click chat[13274]:
xfff^X~^X~ff^X~ff^Ff^Ff^X~^Ff^X~^X~f^Ff^Xxxff^Ff^Ff^Ff^Ffff^F~xfff^X~^X~f^X~ff^Ff^Ff^X~^Ff^X~^X~f^Ff^Xxxff^F
Oct 17 01:27:35 click chat[13274]:
f^Ff^Ff^Ffff^F~x~xfff^X~^X~f^X~f^Ff^Ff^X~^Ff^X~^X~f^Ff^Xxxff^Ff^Ff^F^^^F~xfff^X~^X~^Ff^X~f^Ff^Ff^X~^Ff^X~^X~f^F
Oct 17 01:27:41 click chat[13274]:
f^Xxxff^Ff^Ff^Fxx~xfff^X~^X~ff^X~f^Ff^Ff^X~^Ff^X~^X~f^Ff^Xxxff^Ff^Ff^F^@f~xfff^X~^X~^Ff^X~f^Ff^Ff^X~^Ff^X~^X~
Oct 17 01:27:47 click chat[13274]:
f^Ff^Xxxff^Ff^Ff^F^@^^~x~xfff^X~^X~^Ff^X~f^Ff^Ff^X~^Ff^X~^X~f^Ff^Xxxff^Ff^Ff^F~xfff^X~^X~^Ff^X~f^Ff^Ff^X~^Ff^X~
Oct 17 01:28:08 click chat[13274]: alarm
Oct 17 01:28:08 click chat[13274]: Failed
Oct 17 01:28:08 click pppd[13269]: Connect script failed
Oct 17 01:28:08 click pppd[13269]: Exit.

And obviously on the Windows client it gives me "Computer you dialled
didn't repsond to a network request" error.

To me it looks like ppp is trying to initialise the modem when the modem
is already up with a serial connection. Is that thinking right?

Anyone with ideas?

PD

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Paul Day    Web: www.bur.st/~bonfire   PGP-key: www.bur.st/~bonfire/pk.txt