Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 13:04:59 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Livio Mazzon <livio@mse.com.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User PPP wont release the device Message-ID: <199712071304.NAA06924@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 07 Dec 1997 23:05:34 %2B1100." <1.5.4.32.19971207120534.00933c20@mse.com.au>
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> I have just upgraded an existing system from FreeBSD 2.1.6 to 2.2.5. It is > an ISP server that uses user-ppp to accept dial-ins from attached modems. > > Before the upgrade the ppp dial-ins worked fine! > > After the upgrade (finally got the machine going)....I now have a problem > where users can dial in, login and connect, and they properly get a ppp > session running. > > All routing etc is fine > > I use a script on connection to run exec /usr/sbin/ppp -direct. > > However, when the user hangs up, the modem disconnects, DCD drops, but the > PPP process stays attached to the port. The user stays logged onto the > system even though the physical connection has dropped. When the next > person logs in, the modem answers, but they never see the login prompt > (thats because the getty programme never gets the device, ppp is still > holding on to it!). This happens EVERY logon that uses PPP. Can you try the latest ppp from http://www.freebsd.org/~brian ? There was a problem in the 2.2.5 release where ppp shut itself down in a rather bad (read: incorrect) way. Alternatively, the line "set stopped 5" in your default section may solve the problem. [.....] > Thanks > > Livio > Cheers. -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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