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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/pppd/sys-bsd.c')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/pppd/sys-bsd.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pppd/sys-bsd.c b/usr.sbin/pppd/sys-bsd.c index d524f02..ed4bd41 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pppd/sys-bsd.c +++ b/usr.sbin/pppd/sys-bsd.c @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ static char rcsid[] = "$FreeBSD$"; #include <sys/time.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <sys/param.h> +#include <sys/module.h> #ifdef NetBSD1_2 #include <util.h> #endif @@ -169,28 +170,29 @@ sys_check_options() } /* - * ppp_available - check whether the system has any ppp interfaces - * (in fact we check whether we can do an ioctl on ppp0). + * ppp_available - check whether the system has the ppp module loaded + * or compiled in. If it doesn't, and we're actually root (not just SUID + * root) try loading it before giving up. */ int ppp_available() { - int s, ok; - struct ifreq ifr; + const char *modname = "if_ppp"; extern char *no_ppp_msg; - if ((s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) < 0) - return 1; /* can't tell */ + if (modfind(modname) != -1) { + return 1; + } - strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, "ppp0", sizeof (ifr.ifr_name)); - ok = ioctl(s, SIOCGIFFLAGS, (caddr_t) &ifr) >= 0; - close(s); + if (getuid() == 0 && kldload(modname) != -1) + return 1; no_ppp_msg = "\ This system lacks kernel support for PPP. To include PPP support\n\ -in the kernel, please follow the steps detailed in the README.bsd\n\ -file in the ppp-2.2 distribution.\n"; - return ok; +in the kernel, please add \"device ppp\" to your kernel config or \n\ +load the if_ppp module.\n"; + + return 0; } /* |