From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 01:57:55 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: make /dev/ppp if necessary
X-Git-Tag: ppp-2.4.7~656
X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=1a39a96301b795cda440a54192833c1ae96c7670;ds=sidebyside

make /dev/ppp if necessary
---

diff --git a/pppd/sys-linux.c b/pppd/sys-linux.c
index a8e91b9..c25758e 100644
--- a/pppd/sys-linux.c
+++ b/pppd/sys-linux.c
@@ -1634,6 +1634,19 @@ int ppp_available(void)
 	"See README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.\n";
 
     fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
+    if (fd < 0 && errno == ENOENT) {
+	/* try making it and see if that helps. */
+	if (mknod("/dev/ppp", S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
+		  makedev(108, 0)) >= 0) {
+	    fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
+	    if (fd >= 0)
+		info("Created /dev/ppp device node");
+	    else
+		unlink("/dev/ppp");	/* didn't work, undo the mknod */
+	} else if (errno == EEXIST) {
+	    fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
+	}
+    }
     if (fd >= 0) {
 	new_style_driver = 1;