Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 03:43:42 -0500 (CDT) From: Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@sparc.isl.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/3269: exec pppd -detach ... caused a kernel panic Message-ID: <199704120843.DAA09806@watcher.isl.net> Resent-Message-ID: <199704122040.NAA20539@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 3269 >Category: bin >Synopsis: exec pppd -detach ... caused a kernel panic >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Apr 12 13:40:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Daniel Ortmann >Organization: n/a >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: no special environment needed. (I was running bash2.) >Description: As root I exec'ed the following command from the shell and brought down the system instantly: exec /usr/sbin/pppd -detach connect "/usr/bin/chat -v -f \ /etc/ppp/chat.dial" /dev/cuaa2 This is non-critical since I probably should have run it without the -detach option and then just logged out normally; i.e. the normal "workaround" is in fact the better way to do this. >How-To-Repeat: Create a chat script to dialup and start a pppd session and then run the above code fragment. >Fix: I should have run it without the "-detach" option (but the system should not have gone through a panic. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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