Bug 32841

Summary: kernel ppp sample conf files missing from /etc/ppp for FBSD version 4.4
Product: Base System Reporter: Joseph Barbish <barbish>
Component: confAssignee: Crist J. Clark <cjc>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Unspecified   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Joseph Barbish 2001-12-14 23:20:01 UTC 
The 4.4 version as distributed is missing the sample /etc/ppp/option file and all other assocated conf files for kernel ppp. The man pppd says they should be there.

Fix: 

look into previous releases for samples and move forward. If kernel is being rewritten then add option file containing statments explaning why files are not there. Want to see sample containing modem dial out to ISP and modem dial in to the FBSD box showing both static and dynamic IP address configurations.
How-To-Repeat: Look for your self.
Comment 1 Crist J. Clark freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-12-17 09:24:37 UTC 
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 03:14:05PM -0800, Joseph Barbish wrote:
[snip]

> >Description:
> The 4.4 version as distributed is missing the sample /etc/ppp/option file and all other assocated conf files for kernel ppp. The man pppd says they should be there.
> >How-To-Repeat:
> Look for your self.
> >Fix:
> look into previous releases for samples and move forward. If kernel is being rewritten then add option file containing statments explaning why files are not there. Want to see sample containing modem dial out to ISP and modem dial in to the FBSD box showing both static and dynamic IP address configurations.  

Correct, there are no pppd(8) '/etc/ppp/options' examples anywhere in
the distribution nor can I find any traces that there have ever been
any. However, I don't see where it is actually said anywhere that they
should exist with this one exception from the manpage,

EXAMPLES
       The  following  examples  assume that the /etc/ppp/options
       file  contains  the  auth  option  (as  in   the   default
       /etc/ppp/options file in the ppp distribution).

I cannot find a default /etc/ppp/options in the pppd distribution or
any evidence there ever was one.

So to summarize, where in pppd(8) did you see it say that the
/etc/ppp/options exists before the user creates one? I think the only
fix might be to remove the parenthesized portion in the above
sentence.
-- 
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious."

Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark@alum.mit.edu
                                   |     cjclark@jhu.edu
http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/    |     cjc@freebsd.org
Comment 2 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-12-30 13:03:32 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->brian

Over to the userland ppp maintainer.
Comment 3 Brian Somers freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-01-07 11:04:59 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: brian->cjc

Over to cjc. 
I don't look after pppd, and Christ seems to have an interest here.
Comment 4 Crist J. Clark freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-03-11 19:57:43 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

/usr/share/examples/pppd exists in both -CURRENT and -STABLE.