From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 6 23:00:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17FF61065672 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 23:00:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E94048FC1E for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 23:00:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m26N01cm036601 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 23:00:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m26N01Ji036600; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 23:00:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 23:00:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200803062300.m26N01Ji036600@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Manfred Usselmann Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FD80106566C for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:52:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F35AE8FC22 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:52:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m26MnihI045358 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:49:44 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m26Mni7I045357; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:49:44 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200803062249.m26Mni7I045357@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:49:44 GMT From: Manfred Usselmann To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: conf/121452: /etc/rc.d/ppp not working as expected X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:00:02 -0000 >Number: 121452 >Category: conf >Synopsis: /etc/rc.d/ppp not working as expected >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Mar 06 23:00:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Manfred Usselmann >Release: 6.3 STABLE >Organization: ICG IT Consulting GmbH >Environment: FreeBSD icg-pc211.hofheim.icg-online.de 6.3-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-PRERELEASE #4: Wed Dec 26 13:38:10 CET 2007 manfred@icg-pc211.hofheim.icg-online.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ICG-PC211-RELENG-6-I4B i386 >Description: ppp_mode in rc.conf is set to 'ddial', but the start script /etc/rc.d/ppp sets it to 'auto'. The following part eval _ppp_mode=\$ppp_${_ppp_profile}_mode if [ -z "$_ppp_mode" ]; then _ppp_mode=$ppp_mode fi sets _ppp_mode to '-dsl_mode' instead of 'ddial'. This is invalid and therefore set to 'auto' later on. My settings in rc.conf are: ppp_enable="YES" ppp_mode="ddial" ppp_nat="NO" ppp_profile="t-dsl" # name of service provider >How-To-Repeat: Set rc.conf to: ppp_enable="YES" ppp_mode="ddial" ppp_nat="NO" ppp_profile="t-dsl" # name of service provider >Fix: I'm not an expert in shell programming unfortunately... >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: