(MacOS) PPTP Client: Couldn't open the /dev/ppp device: No such file or directory

[keniobats]

Hello!

I'm using MacOS Big Sur, docker desktop 3.5.2, docker engine 20.10.7. Used your docker-compose file as is(with my credentials and server ip addres) and got this error:

[+] Running 1/1
⠿ Container vpn_client_pptp_1 Started 1.2s
Attaching to pptp_1
pptp_1 | Couldn't open the /dev/ppp device: No such file or directory
pptp_1 | /usr/sbin/pppd: You need to create the /dev/ppp device node by
pptp_1 | executing the following command as root:
pptp_1 | mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
pptp_1 |
pptp_1 exited with code 4

Any help will be appreciated!

[umar14]

I get the same error on MacOS. Any workaround?

[MardariG]

Hello!

I'm using MacOS Big Sur, docker desktop 3.5.2, docker engine 20.10.7. Used your docker-compose file as is(with my credentials and server ip addres) and got this error:

[+] Running 1/1
⠿ Container vpn_client_pptp_1 Started 1.2s
Attaching to pptp_1
pptp_1 | Couldn't open the /dev/ppp device: No such file or directory
pptp_1 | /usr/sbin/pppd: You need to create the /dev/ppp device node by
pptp_1 | executing the following command as root:
pptp_1 | mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
pptp_1 |
pptp_1 exited with code 4

Any help will be appreciated!

did you solve it?

[keniobats]

Hi, not yet! :(

[sec-martin]

Hi,

Im running PPTP server under proxmox then under LXC container Ubuntu 22 and when i got error "Couldn't open the /dev/ppp device: No such file or directory" and "You need to create the /dev/ppp device"

Solution:
i applied this command command: "mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0" under the root
and
if you get error : mknod: /dev/ppp: Operation not permitted, then you need to create LXC privileged container