Problems with inward PPTP tunnel

[Luiz Otavio O Souza]

> Just a quick followup: I've finally figured out a workaround. A hack, to 
> be sure, but a workaround nonetheless.
>
> I've created a shell script called /etc/ppp/pppfix, which looks like this:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # Fix up PPP routes
> sleep 1;
> logger -i -t ppp Fixing route: route change -host $1 $2 -ifp $3
> route change -host $1 $2 -ifp $3
>
> I invoke this from the relevant section of /etc/ppp.linkup with the line
>
> !bg /etc/ppp/pppfix HISADDR MYADDR INTERFACE
>
> Note that the "sleep" may not be absolutely necessary, but it seems like a 
> good idea just in case there's a race condition.
>
> I also added the following lines in the relevant section of ppp.linkdown:
>
> iface clear
> delete! HISADDR
> delete! ALL
> shell arp -d HISADDR
> quit all
>
> I found that if I did not do this, the modified route persisted after the 
> connection terminated. The "arp -d HISADDR" should only be used if proxy 
> arp is being done, and may not be strictly necessary; I wanted to make 
> sure I tore down any residual proxy arp entry.
>
> Of course, all of this is an awful hack and the relevant code in userland 
> PPP still needs to be looked at.
>
> --Brett Glass

Brett,

I've fixed these two issues with ppp(8), please check the PRs: bin/130159 
and bin/131250.

If it works for you please let a note and maybe someone commit this.

Best regards,
Luiz