Yes, I have the same problem.
System: 4.1beta 3
Connect try from a win98SE box through an analog modem connection to the fixed
external IPaddress of the e-smith server. I'm not able to interpret the logged
/var/log/messages but I can provide a the log:
Jan 21 11:52:57 sonne pptpd[9697]: MGR: Launching /usr/sbin/pptpctrl to handle client
Jan 21 11:52:57 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: local address = aaa.bbb.ccc.12
Jan 21 11:52:57 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: remote address = aaa.bbb.ccc.242
Jan 21 11:52:57 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: pppd speed = 460800
Jan 21 11:52:57 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: pppd options file = /etc/ppp/options.pptpd
Jan 21 11:52:57 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: Client sss.sss.sss.215 control connection
started
Jan 21 11:52:57 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: Received PPTP Control Message (type: 1)
Jan 21 11:52:57 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: Made a START CTRL CONN RPLY packet
Jan 21 11:52:57 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: I wrote 156 bytes to the client.
Jan 21 11:52:57 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: Sent packet to client
Jan 21 11:52:58 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: Received PPTP Control Message (type: 7)
Jan 21 11:52:58 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: 0 min_bps, 0 max_bps, 32 window size
Jan 21 11:52:58 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: Made a OUT CALL RPLY packet
Jan 21 11:52:58 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE)
Jan 21 11:52:58 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: pty_fd = 5
Jan 21 11:52:58 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: tty_fd = 6
Jan 21 11:52:58 sonne pptpd[9698]: CTRL (PPPD Launcher): Connection speed = 460800
Jan 21 11:52:58 sonne pptpd[9698]: CTRL (PPPD Launcher): local address = aaa.bbb.ccc.12
Jan 21 11:52:58 sonne pptpd[9698]: CTRL (PPPD Launcher): remote address =
aaa.bbb.ccc.242
Jan 21 11:52:58 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: I wrote 32 bytes to the client.
Jan 21 11:52:58 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: Sent packet to client
Jan 21 11:52:58 sonne kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of
California
Jan 21 11:52:59 sonne kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
Jan 21 11:52:59 sonne kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
Jan 21 11:52:59 sonne kernel: registered device ppp0
Jan 21 11:52:59 sonne pppd[9698]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
Jan 21 11:52:59 sonne pppd[9698]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 21 11:52:59 sonne pppd[9698]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Jan 21 11:52:59 sonne pptpd[9697]: Buffering out-of-order packet; got 1 after
4294967295
Jan 21 11:53:00 sonne pptpd[9697]: Packet reorder timeout waiting for 0
Jan 21 11:53:00 sonne pptpd[9697]: Buffering out-of-order packet; got 2 after 0
Jan 21 11:53:01 sonne kernel: PPP MPPE compression module registered
Jan 21 11:53:01 sonne pppd[9698]: MSCHAP-v2 peer authentication succeeded for username
Jan 21 11:53:03 sonne pppd[9698]: found interface eth0 for proxy arp
Jan 21 11:53:03 sonne pppd[9698]: local IP address aaa.bbb.ccc.12
Jan 21 11:53:03 sonne pppd[9698]: remote IP address aaa.bbb.ccc.242
Jan 21 11:53:03 sonne e-smith[9716]: Processing event: ip-up ppp0 /dev/pts/0 460800
aaa.bbb.ccc.12 aaa.bbb.ccc.242
Jan 21 11:53:03 sonne e-smith[9716]: Running event handler:
/etc/e-smith/events/ip-up/S20email-ipup
Jan 21 11:53:05 sonne pppd[9698]: Connection terminated.
Jan 21 11:53:05 sonne pppd[9698]: Connect time 0.1 minutes.
Jan 21 11:53:05 sonne pppd[9698]: Sent 448 bytes, received 456 bytes.
Jan 21 11:53:05 sonne pppd[9698]: Exit.
Jan 21 11:53:05 sonne pptpd[9697]: Error reading from pppd: Input/output error
Jan 21 11:53:05 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: GRE read or PTY write failed (gre,pty)=(6,5)
Jan 21 11:53:05 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: Client sss.sss.sss.215 control connection
finished
Jan 21 11:53:05 sonne pptpd[9697]: CTRL: Exiting now
Jan 21 11:53:05 sonne pptpd[983]: MGR: Reaped child 9697
No a try with a WRON password:
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: MGR: Launching /usr/sbin/pptpctrl to handle client
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: local address = aaa.bbb.ccc.12
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: remote address = aaa.bbb.ccc.241
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: pppd speed = 460800
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: pppd options file = /etc/ppp/options.pptpd
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: Client sss.sss.sss.15 control connection
started
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: Received PPTP Control Message (type: 1)
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: Made a START CTRL CONN RPLY packet
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: I wrote 156 bytes to the client.
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: Sent packet to client
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: Received PPTP Control Message (type: 7)
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: 0 min_bps, 0 max_bps, 32 window size
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: Made a OUT CALL RPLY packet
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE)
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: pty_fd = 5
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: tty_fd = 6
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9728]: CTRL (PPPD Launcher): Connection speed = 460800
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9728]: CTRL (PPPD Launcher): local address = aaa.bbb.ccc.12
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9728]: CTRL (PPPD Launcher): remote address =
aaa.bbb.ccc.241
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pppd[9728]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: I wrote 32 bytes to the client.
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: Sent packet to client
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pppd[9728]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 21 11:53:15 sonne pppd[9728]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Jan 21 11:53:16 sonne pptpd[9727]: Buffering out-of-order packet; got 1 after
4294967295
Jan 21 11:53:19 sonne pptpd[9727]: Packet reorder timeout waiting for 0
Jan 21 11:53:19 sonne pptpd[9727]: Buffering out-of-order packet; got 2 after 0
Jan 21 11:53:19 sonne pppd[9728]: MSCHAP-v2 peer authentication failed for remote host
username
Jan 21 11:53:19 sonne pppd[9728]: Connection terminated.
Jan 21 11:53:19 sonne pppd[9728]: Exit.
Jan 21 11:53:19 sonne pptpd[9727]: Error reading from pppd: Input/output error
Jan 21 11:53:19 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: GRE read or PTY write failed (gre,pty)=(6,5)
Jan 21 11:53:19 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: Client sss.sss.sss.215 control connection
finished
Jan 21 11:53:19 sonne pptpd[9727]: CTRL: Exiting now
Jan 21 11:53:19 sonne pptpd[983]: MGR: Reaped child 9727
Jan 21 12:10:00 sonne kernel: PPP MPPE compression module unregistered
Jan 21 12:10:00 sonne kernel: PPP: ppp line discipline successfully unregistered
Jan 21 16:21:16 sonne dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:10:4b:7 ......
Michael Jung
