Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:38:24 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: andrew@grillet98.freeserve.co.uk Cc: brian@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/19366: PPP keeps redialling when no tcp/ip traffic Message-ID: <200008142038.VAA01656@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Andrew Grillet <andrew@grillet98.screaming.net> of "Tue, 20 Jun 2000 18:42:15 BST." <394FACF7.CE857535@grillet98.screaming.net>
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Hi, any update on this Andrew ? > Hi Brian, > > brian@FreeBSD.org wrote: > > > > Synopsis: PPP keeps redialling when no tcp/ip traffic > > > > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback > > State-Changed-By: brian > > State-Changed-When: Tue Jun 20 04:23:24 PDT 2000 > > State-Changed-Why: > > : >Number: 19366 > > : >Category: bin > > : >Synopsis: PPP keeps redialling when no tcp/ip traffic > > [.....] > > : Also, I suspect ppp does not honour cuaaX..LCK files as claimed. > > : I have written routines to set and clear lock files, and ppp > > : appears to use the modem in spite of the lock. > > [.....] > > : The problem remains to check whether port locking is working > > : correctly. It wasn't before. > > > > Do your routines use the uucplock(3) routines in libutil ? > > Yes they do. Assuming they actually work correctly, I was planning to > prepare them for inclusion in the FreeBSD distrib. The idea being that > they > allow the port to be locked from cron. I am pretty sure, they work > correctly > with mgetty. > > They are cosmetically dreadful and not ready for prime time at present! > > > If so, > > there should be no problems. Please provide more details about the > > problem - include any relevant sample programs. > > I will try to find time to do a meaningful test. I have ppp controled by > cron killing it via killall, and restarting it, but i regard that as > inelegant. Maybe my taste is poor. It works! > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=19366 > Regards > > Andrew -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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