Package: ppp
Version: 2.4.3-20050321+2
Severity: important
Tags: patch
Hello.
The rp-pppoe plugin rejects interfaces named "ib[0-9]". These interfaces
are used by the kernel driver for iBurst (TM) wireless modems.
The included patch fixes this.
Kind regards,
Nicholas
--- ppp-2.4.3/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/plugin.c~
+++ ppp-2.4.3/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/plugin.c
@@ -282,9 +282,10 @@
if (strlen(cmd) > 4 && !strncmp(cmd, "nic-", 4)) {
/* Strip off "nic-" */
cmd += 4;
- } else if (strlen(cmd) < 4
+ } else if (strlen(cmd) < 3
|| (strncmp(cmd, "eth", 3) && strncmp(cmd, "nas", 3)
- && strncmp(cmd, "tap", 3) && strncmp(cmd, "br", 2))) {
+ && strncmp(cmd, "tap", 3) && strncmp(cmd, "br", 2)
+ && strncmp(cmd, "ib", 2))) {
return 0;
}
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386
Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages ppp depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libpam-modules 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 0.76-22 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpcap0.7 0.7.2-7 System interface for user-level pa
ii makedev 2.3.1-77 creates device files in /dev
ii netbase 4.21 Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii procps 1:3.2.1-2 The /proc file system utilities
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime
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