CHAPTER 69
PPPD System Log Messages
This chapter describes messages with the PPPD prefix. They are generated by the
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) process (pppd), which processes packets that use PPP.
PPPD_AUTH_CREATE_FAILED
System Log Message Unable to allocate authentication handle: error-message
Description The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not allocate an authentication object,
for the indicated reason.
Type Error: An error occurred
Severity error
Facility LOG_AUTH
PPPD_CHAP_AUTH_IN_PROGRESS
System Log Message Interface interface-name received response 'operation' with CHAP ID message-id, but
was still authenticating previous response
Description The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) received another Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol (CHAP) response from a peer while authenticating a previous
CHAP response sent by that peer. The peer is resending CHAP responses faster than the
pppd process can process them.
Type Error: An error occurred
Severity error
Facility LOG_AUTH
PPPD_CHAP_GETHOSTNAME_FAILED
System Log Message interface-name: Unable to obtain hostname for outgoing CHAP message: error-message
Description The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not obtain the hostname needed to
fill in the 'Name' field in an outgoing CHAP packet.
Type Error: An error occurred
Severity error
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