From f62f7eb5962b88ce228f0c4c4294abaf59354614 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Mackerras Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 23:59:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] split README.svr4 into it and README.sol2 --- README.sol2 | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ README.svr4 | 24 +++++++----------------- 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) create mode 100644 README.sol2 diff --git a/README.sol2 b/README.sol2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7420ee9 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.sol2 @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +This file describes the installation process for ppp-2.2 on systems +running Solaris 2. The Solaris 2 and SVR4 ports share a lot of code +but are not identical. The STREAMS kernel modules and driver for +Solaris 2 are in the svr4 directory (and use some code from the +modules directory). + +Installation. +************* + +1. Run the configure script and make the user-level programs and the +kernel modules. + + ./configure + make + +2. Install the programs and kernel modules: as root, do + + make install + +This installs pppd, chat and pppstats in /usr/local/bin and the kernel +modules in /kernel/drv and /kernel/strmod, and creates the /etc/ppp +directory and populates it with default configuration files. + +If your system normally has only one network interface, the default +Solaris 2 system startup scripts will disable IP forwarding in the IP +kernel module. This will prevent the remote machine from using the +local machine as a gateway to access other hosts. The solution is to +create an /etc/ppp/ip-up script containing something like this: + + #!/bin/sh + /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forwarding 2 + diff --git a/README.svr4 b/README.svr4 index 2774020..b67c14f 100644 --- a/README.svr4 +++ b/README.svr4 @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ -The System V Release 4 (svr4) port of this software has been developed -under Solaris 2, which has some extensions which are not available on -all SVR4 systems, particularly in the area of multi-thread (MT) -support in the kernel. Although the code supplied here may work under -other SVR4 systems, these instructions are specifically for Solaris 2. +This file describes the installation process for ppp-2.2 on systems +running standard System V Release 4 and using the Lachman TCP/IP +protocol code. The STREAMS kernel modules and driver for SVR4 are in +the svr4 directory (and use some code from the modules directory). Installation. ************* @@ -17,16 +16,7 @@ kernel modules. make install -This installs pppd, chat and pppstats in /usr/local/bin and the kernel -modules in /kernel/drv and /kernel/strmod, and creates the /etc/ppp -directory and populates it with default configuration files. - -If your system normally has only one network interface, the default -Solaris 2 system startup scripts will disable IP forwarding in the IP -kernel module. This will prevent the remote machine from using the -local machine as a gateway to access other hosts. The solution is to -create an /etc/ppp/ip-up script containing something like this: - - #!/bin/sh - /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forwarding 2 +This installs pppd, chat and pppstats in /usr/local/bin and adds the +ppp STREAMS modules and driver to the system configuration. +3. Rebuild your kernel (with /etc/conf/bin/idbuild) and reboot. -- 2.39.2