Re: [pptp-devel] Setting PPTP client on Debian Jessie

[James C. <qu...@la...>]

Yes, it sounds like a race condition.  In my tests it works fine, but
results must depend on how quickly the eth0 interface and DNS become
available, especially if DNS is required.

Please try;

- use an IP address instead of a host name, or;

- add "post-up /sbin/ifup tunnel" and "pre-down /sbin/ifdown tunnel"
  to the eth0 interface, and remove "auto tunnel", or;

- use Network Manager.

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 02:43:00PM -0300, Hugo Lía wrote:
> The tunnel definition is right. Using the "pon" command the tunnel come up
> manually without problem.
> 
> I think the problem with Sarge and later procedure is that ppp port is trying
> to come up before the eth0 port is ready.
> 
> Hugo
> 
> El ene. 24, 2017 3:10, "James Cameron" <[1]qu...@la...> escribió:
> 
>     On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 01:57:58PM +1100, James Cameron wrote:
>     > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 11:36:22PM -0300, Hugo wrote:
>     > > On Tue, 2017-01-24 at 10:21 +1100, James Cameron wrote:
>     > >
>     > >     On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 07:10:19PM -0300, Hugo wrote:
>     > >     > ... [1][2]http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-debian.phtml
>     > >     >
>     > >     > The problem is that on point 9 "To have the tunnel started on
>     system boot"
>     > >     > there is no instructions for Debian Jessie.
>     > >
>     > >     You would have had to look at the list of Debian release names and
>     > >     deduce that Debian Jessie matches the condition "Debian Sarge and
>     > >     later".
>     > >
>     > >     I'm not sure I want to keep adding release names.  So I shall
>     remove
>     > >     the old information.
>     > >
>     > > I've tried the Sarge instructions and it didn't connect.
>     >
>     > Thanks for letting me know, I've removed that step of the
>     > instructions.  Let me know if you find out how to make it
>     > automatically connect.
> 
>     I've put this step back into the instructions after testing it.  There
>     were no problems.
> 
>     I've also added Network Manager instructions.
> 
>     [3]http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-debian.phtml
> 
>     > > Configuring the PPTP client as for Debian Sarge and later the following
>     line in
>     > > is logged in /var/log/ppp-connect-errors
>     > > "anon fatal[get_ip_address:pptp.c:437]: getaddrinfo(): Name or service
>     not
>     > > known"
>     > >
>     > > This log entry appears any time the networking service is started.
>     >
>     > You might try Network Manager instead; it has a pptp plugin package.
> 
>     Check that you are passing the IP address or host name to the pptp
>     program.  In the configuring-by-hand instructions, that's the pty
>     option in the /etc/ppp/peers/$TUNNEL file.
> 
>     --
>     James Cameron
>     [4]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> 
> References:
> 
> [1] mailto:qu...@la...
> [2] http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-debian.phtml
> [3] http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-debian.phtml
> [4] http://quozl.netrek.org/

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.netrek.org/