Bug#543612: pppd can't find the interface and dies if it's been renamed by udev

2009-10-11 Thread Michael Tokarev
James Andrewartha wrote: On Sun, 11 Oct 2009, Michael Tokarev wrote: [] [] The fact that workarounds exist doesn't change the fact it's a valid bug, albeit one that's very difficult to fix given the current architecture of pppd. Well, the patch is simple enough really. Really? How do you wor

Bug#543612: pppd can't find the interface and dies if it's been renamed by udev

2009-10-11 Thread James Andrewartha
On Sun, 11 Oct 2009, Michael Tokarev wrote: > James Andrewartha wrote: > [] > > > I understand it's all workarounds, easily doable but maybe not as elegant > > > as possible. > > > > In my case the workaround is to use a separate router running OpenWRT to > > manage the PPPoE connection. The fact

Bug#543612: pppd can't find the interface and dies if it's been renamed by udev

2009-10-11 Thread James Andrewartha
On Sun, 11 Oct 2009, Michael Tokarev wrote: > James Andrewartha wrote: > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2009, Michael Tokarev wrote: > > > > > James Andrewartha wrote: > > > > > > > I want to run a PPPoE client on a server that also runs a PPTP daemon > > > > (poptop). > > > > For firewalling reasons, I need

Bug#543612: pppd can't find the interface and dies if it's been renamed by udev

2009-10-11 Thread Michael Tokarev
James Andrewartha wrote: [] I understand it's all workarounds, easily doable but maybe not as elegant as possible. In my case the workaround is to use a separate router running OpenWRT to manage the PPPoE connection. The fact that workarounds exist doesn't change the fact it's a valid bug, al

Bug#543612: pppd can't find the interface and dies if it's been renamed by udev

2009-10-11 Thread Michael Tokarev
James Andrewartha wrote: On Sat, 10 Oct 2009, Michael Tokarev wrote: James Andrewartha wrote: I want to run a PPPoE client on a server that also runs a PPTP daemon (poptop). For firewalling reasons, I need to rename the ppp interface used by the PPPoE connection so it doesn't match ppp+ which

Bug#543612: pppd can't find the interface and dies if it's been renamed by udev

2009-10-10 Thread James Andrewartha
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009, Michael Tokarev wrote: > James Andrewartha wrote: > > > I want to run a PPPoE client on a server that also runs a PPTP daemon > (poptop). > > For firewalling reasons, I need to rename the ppp interface used by the > PPPoE > > connection so it doesn't match ppp+ which is used

Bug#543612: pppd can't find the interface and dies if it's been renamed by udev

2009-10-10 Thread Michael Tokarev
James Andrewartha wrote: > I want to run a PPPoE client on a server that also runs a PPTP daemon (poptop). > For firewalling reasons, I need to rename the ppp interface used by the PPPoE > connection so it doesn't match ppp+ which is used for matching the PPTP > connections. However, when using

Bug#543612: pppd can't find the interface and dies if it's been renamed by udev

2009-10-04 Thread Peter Dey
On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 04:50:37PM +0800, James Andrewartha wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > > On Aug 26, James Andrewartha wrote: > > > > > I want to run a PPPoE client on a server that also runs a PPTP daemon > > > (poptop). > > > For firewalling reasons, I need to rena

Bug#543612: pppd can't find the interface and dies if it's been renamed by udev

2009-09-03 Thread James Andrewartha
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Aug 26, James Andrewartha wrote: > > > I want to run a PPPoE client on a server that also runs a PPTP daemon > > (poptop). > > For firewalling reasons, I need to rename the ppp interface used by the > > PPPoE > > connection so it doesn't match ppp+

Bug#543612: pppd can't find the interface and dies if it's been renamed by udev

2009-08-26 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Aug 26, James Andrewartha wrote: > I want to run a PPPoE client on a server that also runs a PPTP daemon > (poptop). > For firewalling reasons, I need to rename the ppp interface used by the PPPoE > connection so it doesn't match ppp+ which is used for matching the PPTP > connections. However

Bug#543612: pppd can't find the interface and dies if it's been renamed by udev

2009-08-25 Thread James Andrewartha
Package: ppp Version: 2.4.4rel-10.1 Severity: normal I want to run a PPPoE client on a server that also runs a PPTP daemon (poptop). For firewalling reasons, I need to rename the ppp interface used by the PPPoE connection so it doesn't match ppp+ which is used for matching the PPTP connections. Ho