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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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