ppp -auto dials immediately? (already tried the usual things)

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Fri Sep 12 18:26:42 PDT 2003


On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 05:38:07PM -0700, Philip Hallstrom wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 03:29:21PM -0700, Philip Hallstrom wrote:
> > > Hi -
> > > 	I'm setting up ppp for the first time and it works with one
> > > exception.  It always dials immediately.  I've done the usual things and
> > > stopped all the processes, etc...  What's weird is that logging seems to
> > > indicate that this is causing it:
> > >
> > > tun0: TCP/IP: OUT <0>: fe80::230:1bff:feae:22e7 ---> ff02::1:ffae:22e7 (72)
> > >
> > > which looks like ipv6 which I'm *not* using... which makes me, well, very
> > > confused.
> >
> > You may not be using it, but the log shows that it is configured.
> > Disable it in your kernel.
> 
> Seriously?  There's no other way around it?

You need to disable ipv6 or prevent ppp from negotiating it on the tun
interface.  There may be other ways to do it..see the docs.

Kris

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