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

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_CHAP_INVALID_IDENTIFIER

System Log Message

Interface interface-name received 'operation' message with CHAP ID message-id instead of expected ID expected-value

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) received a Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) message from a peer that included the indicated message identifier, which did not match the indicated expected value.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_CHAP_INVALID_OPCODE

System Log Message

interface-name: received invalid operation code operation (type operation-code, CHAP ID message-id)

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) received a Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) message that included the indicated operation code, which is invalid.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_CHAP_LOCAL_NAME_UNAVAILABLE

System Log Message

Unable to determine value for 'Name' in outgoing CHAP packet

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not determine the value needed to fill in the 'Name' field in an outgoing Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) packet, because either the local name was not specified or pppd could not determine the hostname.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_CHAP_OPERATION_UNEXPECTED

System Log Message

interface-name: unexpected operation type operation (CHAP ID message-id)

Description

The Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) message with the indicated identifier had the indicated operation type, which the Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) did not expect.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_CHAP_REPLAY_ATTACK_DETECTED

System Log Message

interface-name: received operation with CHAP ID message-id, which is identical to an outstanding challenge. Peer is trying to exhort response value.

Description

During an exchange of authentication messages, a peer responded to a challenge message from the Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) by returning the same message. The pppd process did not respond to the peer, because doing so would provide the answer to the original challenge. The peer must provide the answer on its own for authentication to succeed.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_EVLIB_CREATE_FAILURE

System Log Message

Unable to create event context: error-message

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not create a context for handling asynchronous events, for the indicated reason.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_LOCAL_CREATE_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to allocate LOCAL module handle: error-message

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) attempted to allocate a locally configured 'password' authentication module as part of its authentication sequence. The allocation failed.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILURE

System Log Message

Unable to allocate memory for object object-name: error-message

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not allocate memory from the heap for the indicated object.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Action

Contact your technical support representative.

PPPD_PAP_GETHOSTNAME_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to obtain hostname for PAP message sent from interface interface-name: error-message

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not obtain the hostname it needed to fill in the 'Name' field in an outgoing Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) packet sent from the indicated interface.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_PAP_INVALID_IDENTIFIER

System Log Message

Interface interface-name received 'operation' message with PAP ID message-id instead of expected ID expected-value

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) received a Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) message from a peer that included the indicated identifier, which did not match the indicated expected value.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_PAP_INVALID_OPCODE

System Log Message

Interface interface-name received 'operation' message with PAP ID message-id and invalid operation code operation-code

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) received a Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) message from a peer that included the indicated operation code, which is invalid.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_PAP_LOCAL_PASSWORD_UNAVAIL

System Log Message

Unable to determine value for 'Password' in outgoing PAP packet

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not determine the value to write in the 'Password' field in an outgoing Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) packet.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Cause

The local password was not defined for the local hostname.

PPPD_PAP_OPERATION_UNEXPECTED

System Log Message

interface-name: unexpected operation type operation (PAP ID message-id)

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) received a Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) message with the indicated identifier and operation type. The operation type was not valid.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_POOL_ADDRESSES_EXHAUSTED

System Log Message

No addresses available in pool "pool-name" to assign to remote peer on interface interface-name

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not assign an address from the indicated address pool to the remote peer on the indicated interface, because there were no more addresses available in the pool.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Action

Increase the number of addresses in the address pool.

PPPD_RADIUS_ADD_SERVER_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to add RADIUS server radius-server for profile access-profile: error-message

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not add the indicated RADIUS server for the indicated access profile.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_RADIUS_ALLOC_PASSWD_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to allocate RADIUS password of size size: error-message

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not allocate space for a temporary Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) RADIUS password of the indicated size.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_RADIUS_CREATE_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to allocate RADIUS module handle: error-message

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) attempted to allocate a RADIUS authentication module as part of its authentication sequence. The allocation failed.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_RADIUS_CREATE_REQ_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to create RADIUS access request message: error-message

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not create an access request message to send to the RADIUS server.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_RADIUS_GETHOSTNAME_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to obtain hostname for outgoing RADIUS message: error-message

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not obtain the hostname it needed to fill in the PPP_IDENTIFIER field in an outgoing RADIUS message.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_RADIUS_MESSAGE_UNEXPECTED

System Log Message

Unknown response from RADIUS server: return-value

Description

The RADIUS authentication module for the Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) received a message from the RADIUS server that it could not process.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_RADIUS_NO_VALID_SERVERS

System Log Message

Unable to find valid RADIUS server for profile access-profile

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not access a valid RADIUS server to use for the indicated access profile.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_RADIUS_OPEN_FAILED

System Log Message

rad_auth_open failed: error-message

Description

The Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) could not create a RADIUS object handle, which it uses to communicate with the RADIUS server.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

PPPD_RADIUS_ROUTE_INST_ENOENT

System Log Message

Ignored RADIUS server radius-server for profile access-profile because routing instance routing-instance did not exist

Description

The indicated routing instance, which the Point-to-Point Protocol process (pppd) uses for routing of RADIUS packets, was not defined.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

notice

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Cause

The process of adding the required routing instance was still in progress when the message was logged.

Action

None required. Authentication with the indicated RADIUS server is automatically reattempted, and can succeed when the interface exists.