From owner-freebsd-current Thu Apr 24 17:34:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA12202 for current-outgoing; Thu, 24 Apr 1997 17:34:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from watcher.isl.net (ppp-38.isl.net [199.3.25.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA12139; Thu, 24 Apr 1997 17:33:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ortmann@localhost) by watcher.isl.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA01592; Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:33:03 -0500 (CDT) From: Daniel Ortmann Message-Id: <199704250033.TAA01592@watcher.isl.net> Subject: Re: Getting closer...!!! To: gclarkii@main.gbdata.com (Gary Clark II) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:32:50 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199704240901.EAA01897@main.gbdata.com> from Gary Clark II at "Apr 24, 97 04:01:53 am" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL17 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I've found that I can cause reboots at will simply by killing my > pppd daemon. After I shutdown the modem or kill pppd, pppd is in > DEs status. My system then reboots. I had this same problem, but it was when I did an exec pppd -detach as root and then killed the process. I haven't pursued it further. -- Daniel Ortmann 507.288.7732 (h) ortmann@isl.net 2414 30 av NW, #D 507.253.6795 (w) ortmann@vnet.ibm.com Rochester, MN 55901 "PERL: The Swiss Army Chainsaw"