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Date:      Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:43:33 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        "Oles' Hnatkevych" <gnut@uct.kiev.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: some PPP questions 
Message-ID:  <199902190043.AAA01904@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:55:04 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9902181551060.12120-100000@gw.uct.kiev.ua> 

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> Hello!
> 
>   1. I got receving messages like
> ----
> Feb 18 15:19:13 gw ppp[3865]: tun0: Alert: Failed to open /dev/null: Too
> many open files 
> ----
>    Every time user is logged in via user PPP. but everything works
>    What it can be?
>    Already increased MAX_OPEN in kernel.

Try ``sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=somethingbigger''.

> 2. After user PPP disconnects (for example because of a bad line quality)
>    the TCP connections with client are not disconnected. is there a way
>    to terminate TCP connections when PPP connection gone?

This is a feature... it allows reconnections without losing 
established connections (when static IPs are being used).  If the 
bound address (local interface address) is removed, the connection 
will time out fairly soon.

>    Thank you.
> 
> Best wishes, Oles Hnatkevych, http://gnut.kiev.ua

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