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From: Hal Burch <hburch@lumeta.com>
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Subject: misc/28839: ppp hangs if you set device to be a non-existant file
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>Number:         28839
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       ppp hangs if you set device to be a non-existant file
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 09 10:20:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Hal Burch
>Release:        4.3-BETA
>Organization:
Lumeta Corporation
>Environment:
FreeBSD scan2.prod.lumeta.com 4.3-BETA FreeBSD 4.3-BETA #0: Thu Mar 22 10:12:08 PST 2001     hburch@scan2.prod.lumeta.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/LOCAL  i386

>Description:
If you set device ppp to a non-existant file, ppp seems to hang.  Moreover, it seems to become unkillable.
>How-To-Repeat:
ppp -interactive

set device "/dev/NOSUCHFILE"
term
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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