Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:19:15 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Alex R <alex@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64) Message-ID: <20090814121915.GB9851@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <4A8553D0.8080801@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> References: <4A851E30.2010008@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> <20090814111508.GA9600@ei.bzerk.org> <4A854F5C.3010003@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> <20090814120416.GA9851@ei.bzerk.org> <4A8553D0.8080801@mailinglist.ahhyes.net>
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On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:08:48PM +1000, Alex R typed: > Actually I did change the root shell to bash. U think that might cause it? Definately. before ldconfig is run, only the system libraries in /lib and /usr/lib are known. Doing a "su -m root" at that time, as /etc/rc.d/ppp is doing, will result in the error message you got, as bash wants to load libintl.so.8, which lives in /usr/local/lib. Ruben > Ruben de Groot wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 09:49:48PM +1000, Alex R typed: > > > >>Hi Ruben, > >> > >>Output is as follows: > >> > >>/usr/bin/su: > >> libutil.so.7 => /lib/libutil.so.7 (0x800635000) > >> libpam.so.4 => /usr/lib/libpam.so.4 (0x800744000) > >> libbsm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libbsm.so.2 (0x80084c000) > >> libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x800962000) > >> > > > >That's normal. Shall I take a guess? > > > >You changed root's shell to bash! > >bash uses libintl, and will be invoked by the "su -m $ppp_user" in > >/etc/rc.d/ppp > > > >Yet another good reason not to change root's default shell :D > > > >cheers, > >Ruben > > > > > >>Ruben de Groot wrote: > >> > >>>On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 06:20:00PM +1000, Alex R typed: > >>> > >>> > >>>>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. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>What's the output of the command > >>> > >>>ldd `which su` > >>> > >>>? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Is the solution given "safe"? Should I open a PR? > >>>> > >>>>Alex > >>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>>>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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