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PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2019 9:34 pm    Post subject: pptp client installation, no ppp0 device Reply with quote

My config is here. Module pppoe is modprobed, but there's no ppp0 device; i.e., it does not appear in the output of ifconfig -a.

I am trying to establish a pptp link over the internet to my place of work. I have a remote hostname, a user name and password. I tried:
Code:
pptpsetup --create NGV --server remote.ngv.com.au --domain workplace --username michael --password mypassword --encrypt --start
but:
pon NGV debug dump logfd 2 nodetach:
pppd options in effect:
debug           # (from command line)
nodetach                # (from command line)
logfd 2         # (from command line)
dump            # (from command line)
noauth          # (from /etc/ppp/peers/NGV)
name ngv\\michael               # (from /etc/ppp/peers/NGV)
remotename NGV          # (from /etc/ppp/peers/NGV)
                # (from /etc/ppp/peers/NGV)
pty /usr/sbin/pptp remote.ngv.com.au --nolaunchpppd             # (from /etc/ppp/peers/NGV)
ipparam NGV             # (from /etc/ppp/peers/NGV)
+ipv6           # (from /etc/ppp/options)
nobsdcomp               # (from /etc/ppp/peers/NGV)
nodeflate               # (from /etc/ppp/peers/NGV)
require-mppe-128                # (from /etc/ppp/peers/NGV)
Couldn't set tty to PPP discipline: Invalid argument
Waiting for 1 child processes...
  script /usr/sbin/pptp remote.ngv.com.au --nolaunchpppd, pid 4125402
sending SIGTERM to process 4125402
what's wrong?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2019 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1078268-start-0.html
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 1:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Already seen that. Nothing relevant.

BTW, /dev/ppp does exist.

Now I'm thinking ... I want to tunnel over ethernet so should there actually be a separate device for that? Maybe ppp0 is for serial lines only, which I absolutely don't want.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mounty1,

pppX is a dynamically created interface, so it only appears in ifconfig once its up.
If you expect to see ppp0, you need a way to authenticate with the remote end before ppp is started to create ppp0.

Many VPNs, there are several sorts, do not generate extra interfaces in Linux.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mounty1 wrote:
Already seen that. Nothing relevant.


*hmm*

They had CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC set
and you have
# CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC is not set

Did you even try with it set?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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mounty1 wrote:
They had CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC set
and you have
# CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC is not set

Did you even try with it set?
No, because I don't want to run pptp over a serial port. I don't even have a serial port on this PC.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NeddySeagoon wrote:
pppX is a dynamically created interface, so it only appears in ifconfig once its up.
If you expect to see ppp0, you need a way to authenticate with the remote end before ppp is started to create ppp0.
So you reckon the problem is that I am not authenticating?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Anon-E-moose wrote:
mounty1 wrote:
They had CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC set
and you have
# CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC is not set

Did you even try with it set?
No, because I don't want to run pptp over a serial port. I don't even have a serial port on this PC.


Suit yourself

Code:
(although pptp does not use a serial port, the ppp_async module is required for data transfer with the psuedo-tty device).

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mounty1,

It would help if we knew the name of the package on the remote end that you are trying to connect to.

VPNs don't normally let you connect with just a username an password as that does not provide any encryption.
There is normally a shared secret (there are other ways of passing an encryption key) used to encrypt the traffic in the tunnel.
Whatever, its the encryption in the tunnel that provides security, not the tunnel itself.

The tunnel is just IP traffic wrapped in another IP traffic layer.
The outer layer uses the public IPs of both end points the inner layer is whatever you want.

How do you generate encrypted traffic for the tunnel?
Different systems do different things.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 11:47 pm    Post subject: Picking this up again Reply with quote

Thanks for the help so far and sorry for the delay in replying; I was diverted to other matters.

To answer Neddy's question: I'm connecting to a Windows server.
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