pptp not connecting with MS RAS anymore

[Dave Cabot]

Binary package hint: pptp-linux

One of the updates must have broken pptp-linux because this was working before. Syslog shows:

Jul 15 00:56:34 dave-laptop2 pppd[21571]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Jul 15 00:56:34 dave-laptop2 pppd[21571]: using channel 15
Jul 15 00:56:34 dave-laptop2 pppd[21571]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 15 00:56:34 dave-laptop2 pppd[21571]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
Jul 15 00:56:34 dave-laptop2 pptp[21573]: anon log[main:pptp.c:267]: The synchronous pptp option is NOT activated
Jul 15 00:56:34 dave-laptop2 pptp[21576]: anon log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 1 'Start-Control-Connection-Request'
Jul 15 00:56:35 dave-laptop2 pptp[21576]: anon log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:738]: Received Start Control Connection Reply
Jul 15 00:56:35 dave-laptop2 pptp[21576]: anon log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:772]: Client connection established.
Jul 15 00:56:35 dave-laptop2 pppd[21571]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xa48c6e3d> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Jul 15 00:56:35 dave-laptop2 pptp[21576]: anon log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 7 'Outgoing-Call-Request'
Jul 15 00:56:36 dave-laptop2 pptp[21576]: anon log[pptp_read_some:pptp_ctrl.c:550]: read error: Connection reset by peer
Jul 15 00:56:36 dave-laptop2 pptp[21576]: anon log[callmgr_main:pptp_callmgr.c:255]: Closing connection (shutdown)
Jul 15 00:56:36 dave-laptop2 pptp[21576]: anon log[pptp_send_ctrl_packet:pptp_ctrl.c:621]: write error: Broken pipe
Jul 15 00:56:36 dave-laptop2 pptp[21576]: anon log[call_callback:pptp_callmgr.c:78]: Closing connection (call state)
Jul 15 00:56:36 dave-laptop2 pppd[21571]: Script pptp IPADDRESS --nolaunchpppd --loglevel 2 finished (pid 21572), status = 0x8f
Jul 15 00:56:36 dave-laptop2 pppd[21571]: Modem hangup
Jul 15 00:56:36 dave-laptop2 pppd[21571]: Connection terminated.
Jul 15 00:56:36 dave-laptop2 kernel: [ 4865.659790] pptp[21576]: segfault at c0fd6f30 eip 0804d150 esp bffcb960 error 7
Jul 15 00:56:36 dave-laptop2 pppd[21571]: Exit.

Ubuntu 8.04.1
pptp-linux 1.7.0-2ubuntu2

[prasanna (prasanna)]

I am seeing the same issue. Ubuntu 16.04. Worked before upgrade to 16.04