From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 14 08:20:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E708B10656BB for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:20:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex@mailinglist.ahhyes.net) Received: from mail01.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail01.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67A408FC56 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:20:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.16.0.201] (c122-106-58-139.rivrw1.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.58.139]) by mail01.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n7E8K0Uf009360 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:20:01 +1000 Message-ID: <4A851E30.2010008@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:20:00 +1000 From: Alex R User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090608) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:20:06 -0000 Hi Guys, I ran into the same problem as this person did (see the link below): http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-net@freebsd.org/msg24337.html ppp starts fine if invoked from shell prompt, however the problem above occurs for me when I attempt to start it automatically at boot via /etc/rc.conf Funnily enough, the solution presented in that article seems to fix the issue.. But why? This problem is very easy to reproduce, how could it have been overlooked? I just happened to find the article in the link above, out of desperation, it's not good that I had to Google for a solution. Is the solution given "safe"? Should I open a PR? Alex