#1133 Perl execution failure - net::list_routes
Distro: SuSE 8.0
Webmin version: 1.090
Action taken: created and connected a vpn client
connection. Connection succeeds but route is not
added for access to remote network. Remote route was
entered with (*)Endpoint selected in the configuration as
the default route to inside network on the VPN server. -
not the default route period. Manually adding the route
works great- (route add -net 192.168.100.0 netmask
255.255.255.0 dev ppp0) I can see machines inside the
private net and list samba shares, ping them, whatever.
This particular vpn server works very well with windows
clients - weather they use the default route on the
remote network or not. It is preferred that they don't for
obvious reasons. Below is the output from the
connection.
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http://x.x.x.x:10000/pptp-client/conn.cgi?
tunnel=nicheware
Establishing a PPTP connection with the command pptp
fire.nicheware.com call nicheware ..
.. connection successfully activated using interface
ppp0. Your local address is 192.168.100.113, and the
remote address is .
HTTP/1.0 500 Perl execution failed Server: MiniServ/0.01
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 00:44:09 GMT Content-type:
text/html Connection: close
Error - Perl execution failed
Undefined subroutine &net::list_routes called
at /usr/libexec/webmin/pptp-client/conn.cgi line 55.
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That error could only happen if the webmin Network
Configuration module on your system is from an older
release, such as 1.080.. Are you using the full 1.090
release from www.webmin.com, and does re-installing the
Network Configuration module from
http://www.webmin.com/standard.html help in any way?
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Previous to this error, yes, Webmin was upgraded to the
1.090 by selecting "Latest version from www.webmin.com" on
the Upgrade Webmin form. I just re-ran the install of the
individual module
"http://www.webmin.com/download/modules/net.wbm" and
attempted to open the pptp connection again. I recieved the
same error. I also created a new connection from scratch
with the same result.
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ok, a little more info.
Using pptp-command from the command line the following
connection works, route is added correctly, etc:
fuoco:/etc/ppp/peers # cat niche
# PPTP Tunnel configuration for tunnel niche
# Server IP: fire.nicheware.com
# Route: add -net 192.168.100.0 gw 192.168.100.254
netmask 255.255.255.0
name bensonet
file /etc/ppp/options.pptp
mppe-40
mppe-128
mppe-stateless
Now, using pptp-command from the command line in the
following connection does not work, but it does connect
properly with webmin and adds a route to the network just
fine:
fuoco:/etc/ppp/peers # cat nichenet
#
# PPTP Tunnel configuration for tunnel nichenet
# Server IP: 206.9.106.41
#
#
# Tags for CHAP secret selection
#
name bensonet
remotename bensonet
#
# Include the main PPTP configuration file
#
file /etc/ppp/options.pptp
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I also discovered webmin had written an additional gw - GW,
in CAPS, into one of the config files. This is when one
selects the "(*) other end" option in adding a route to the
remote network. I believe this was the error in the original
connection that led to submitting this bug report... here is the
config file for that:
fuoco:/etc/ppp/peers # cat test
# PPTP Tunnel configuration for tunnel test
# Server IP: fire.nicheware.com
# Route: add -net 192.168.100.0 gw GW netmask
255.255.255.0
name bensonet
file /etc/ppp/options.pptp
mppe-40
mppe-128
mppe-stateless
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I'm assuming the addition of the route is being assigned by
the pptpd server so it was not necessary to have added the
route like I did. Supposing I wanted to add routes to other
subnets of other connected clients it might be nice to have
this feature available- however it would probably be something
rarely used.
Thanks, by the way, for your work on such a spectacular
product as Webmin. I've been using it for a long time.
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Ok, I see the cause of this now - the reason I didn't notice
it before was that it only effects SuSE 8.0! I have attached
an updated Network Configuration module to this bug report
that will solve the problem ..
As for the module's use of GW in the route commands, I've
found a better solution that will work with the command-line
pptp programs. Future webmin releases will use it instead ..
That is not the cause of your bug though.
Updated Network Configuration module