ppp callback help

[Bob - Fedora]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Bob - Fedora wrote:
>> I'm trying to get my linux (FC5) workstation to dial in to a RAS that
>> requires callback.  It seems that ppp (2.4.3-6.2.1) has some callback
>> functionality builtin (cbcp), but I can't figure how to invoke it.  Any
>> pointers will be much appreciated.
>>
>>
> You might find this helpful:
> 
> http://www.mppmu.mpg.de/callback/linuxanalog.html
> http://hartik.sssup.it/~lamastra/linux-6.htm

Thanks for responding Mikkel.

The above help assumes that pppd is functioning correctly, which it is not.

You can test this as: pppd dryrun callback 0

You will see "pppd: unrecognized option 'callback'"

As it turns out, the CBCP capability is not enabled in pppd as distibuted in the Fedora RPM.  Lame.

You need to recompile it yourself:

Get the source from ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/
Extract the archive.
Edit: ./configure
Change: DESTDIR=/usr
./configure
Edit: pppd/Makefile
Change: CBCP=y
make all
make install
Test like: pppd dryrun callback 0