PPP localhost loopback issue dialing in to home

[Jon Moss]

Very strange.  After reading several HOW-TOs from the Linux
Documentation Project and double-checking most of my configuration
files, I decided to check my pap-secrets file.  Low and behold it had
reverted back to what it was before I strated creating a PPP dialin
server! 

Now, I'm able to dialin and got my correct IP address, but I can't see
my WinXP (DNS) workstation.  I think my husband must have turned it off
this morning!  :(

Oh, well, thanks for the help!

Jon Moss
moss at metpro.com

On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 11:16, Jon Moss wrote:
> Thanks for the tip.  I logged back in and couldn't find a /etc/hostname
> file.  There are a host.allow and host.deny files, but they are empty of
> entries.  My hosts file contains all the relevant ip addresses for my
> home network, including the 192.168.0.5 that I want assigned to dialin
> ppp connections.  My resolv.conf contains the DNS server address of
> 192.168.0.1.  
> 
> I've got to run an errand at lunch but will be back in an hour or so.  
> 
> Thanks for the quick reply!
> 
> Jon Moss
> moss at metpro.com
> 
> On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 10:48, Duane Attaway wrote:
> > On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Jon Moss wrote:
> > 
> > > I thought I was doing good.  Last week, I succeeded in configuring
> > > mgetty and autoppp on my home linux box.  I was able to dialin in from
> > > work from my linux workstation and from my WindowsXP laptop.  Both times
> > > I was assigned the correct IP address (192.168.0.5).  
> > > 
> > > I must have changed something at home because now the home linux box
> > > answers the phone, but will not establish a PPP connection.  If I dialin
> > > using minicom, I am prompted to login from localhost (127.0.0.1).  I
> > > can't ping to the network (192.168.0.1 is the DNS/DHCP server
> > > (unfortunately it's a WindowsXP computer); 192.168.0.2 is the linux
> > > computer).  
> > 
> > This appears to be a common event relating to name services.  DHCP has a 
> > facility for automatically setting this too.  This may be what you are 
> > seeing.
> > 
> > /etc/hostname is the usual place for storing the hostname and the init
> > scripts run the "hostname" command to export it into the environment.
> > 
> > I would check to see if it has the name for the host you want.  I would 
> > guess most dhcp scripts would try to resolve the hostname command with 
> > your ISP's DNS and find its invalid and wipe out your old /etc/hostname 
> > setting.  If I understand this to be the case, I would set an entry for 
> > the IP address you wish to use in your /etc/hosts.
> > 
> > --
> > "It is the duty of a patriot to protect his country from its government"
> > -Thomas Paine
> > http://dattaway.org    
> > 
> > 
-- 
Jon Moss <moss at metpro.com>