pppd dont replace defaultroute

[dojolabs-ci]

default route dont change even if defaultroute configured
from quick search there is some configuration like "replacedefaultroute" but when configured I got
unrecognized option 'replacedefaultroute
Thanks,

[razorness]

As a workaraound, create executable shell script at: /etc/ppp/ip-up.d:

#!/bin/sh

/sbin/route add default dev ppp0

and at /etc/ppp/ip-down.d:

#!/bin/sh

/sbin/route del default dev ppp0

[giox069]

I usually install pppd on ubuntu or debian where replacedefaultroute is available. Now I have to configure an arch linux installation, and I found that replacedefaultroute is not available under arch.
(I hope I'm posting this message on the correct upstream project ;))

Could someone import the debian patch for replacedefaultrote ?
The debian patch is available here and it seems to come from opensuse.

[paulusmack]

I looked at the patch. I can't take it as-is because:

• It doesn't have any authorship information or signed-off-by.
• I think the replacedefaultroute option should be privileged.
• The option should really be implemented for Solaris as well as Linux.

[Neustradamus]

@paulusmack: Since 2001...

• https://www.google.fr/search?q=replacedefaultroute+ppp
• https://groups.google.com/g/comp.protocols.ppp/c/doieGA_ebys
• https://comp.protocols.ppp.narkive.com/E29wCWqW/unrecognizecd-option-replacedefaultroute

Alpine;

• https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/PPP

Debian

• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578726
• https://salsa.debian.org/debian/ppp
• https://packages.debian.org/changelog:ppp

Gentoo

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/227321
• https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-488537-highlight-replacedefaultroute.html

Kali:

• https://pkg.kali.org/pkg/ppp

OpenEmbedded

• https://github.com/openembedded/openembedded/blob/master/recipes/ppp/ppp-2.4.5/cifdefroute.patch

OpenSUSE

• https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/openSUSE:11.4/ppp/ppp-2.4.2-cifdefroute.diff?expand=1

OpenWrt

• https://forum.archive.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=15796
• https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git?p=openwrt%2Fopenwrt.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=ppp
• https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/tree/master/package/network/services/ppp/patches

Ubuntu

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ppp/+bug/608372

VyOS

• https://github.com/vyos/ppp-debian/search?q=replacedefaultroute&unscoped_q=replacedefaultroute
• https://phabricator.vyos.net/T1837
• https://phabricator.vyos.net/T1228

[giox069]

* The option should really be implemented for Solaris as well as Linux.

I don't think you will ever find peope available to patch it for free in solaris, due to its extremly low diffusion and commercial vocation.
So, as I can understand, linux will never have a standardized "replacedefaultroute" until we find a solaris developer expert and someone will pay for this solaris patch.
Or someone will fork this project calling it "ppp for linux".

[sthibaul]

Well, it's not completely "perfect" as in it doesn't implement it on Solaris, but it now has author information and replacedefaultroute is now made a privileged option.

[Neustradamus]

Good news: @paulusmack has merged #200.

Thanks to @sthibaul!

cc @giox069, @dojolabs-ci, @razorness, @rogers0, @madhatter0, @Firefishy