Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:10:35 +0200 From: petervd@vuurwerk.nl To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/20938: parsing bug in ppp for recent 4.1-STABLE Message-ID: <967630235.252621.33112.nullmailer@vuurwerk.nl>
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>Number: 20938 >Category: bin >Synopsis: ppp barfs on tabs in certain places in ppp.conf >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 30 03:20:05 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Peter van Dijk >Release: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE i386 >Organization: Vuurwerk Internet >Environment: kernel and world couple of days old, using very plain ppp.conf base on ppp.conf.sample >Description: The line add default HISADDR # Add a (sticky) default route apparantly triggers some parsing bug in /usr/sbin/ppp. Removing tabs helps. >How-To-Repeat: Add above line (which exists in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf by default after a recent cvsup) to ppp.conf and try to use ppp. It will most probably complain about failing to add a route, and after dialin will not set a default route. >Fix: Workaround: remove tabs (or, just to be sure, everything) after 'HISADDR'. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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