From owner-freebsd-current Sat May 8 20:33:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (mail-gw3.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DD5F15372 for ; Sat, 8 May 1999 20:33:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (ppp-207-193-10-49.hstntx.swbell.net [207.193.10.49]) by mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA23839; Sat, 8 May 1999 22:32:53 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA01547; Sat, 8 May 1999 22:34:11 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from chris) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 22:34:10 -0500 From: Chris Costello To: Chuck Robey Cc: Chris Costello , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp is totally broken Message-ID: <19990508223410.A1526@holly.dyndns.org> Reply-To: chris@calldei.com References: <19990508220935.A1379@holly.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Chuck Robey on Sat, May 08, 1999 at 11:18:04PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, May 8, 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Sat, 8 May 1999, Chris Costello wrote: > > > > > Somewhere in the mbuf code, either mbuf_Alloc or mbuf_Prepend, > > there is code that causes ppp to assign a particular mbuf > > structure pointer to a null pointer, causing ppp to dump core. > > Contrary to somebody else's email to this list, it is, in fact, a > > problem affecting any authentication method. > > Are you talking about user-space ppp? mine is from a 24 hour old > buildworld, and humming along fine. Maybe I'm not using one of the > features you use? I use pap, could that be it? I use the default Unix-style login, and I also have the PPP from within 6-12 hours. It seems that it was broken within 24 hours. I'm using the 3.1R PPP right now, until the problem is resolved. I'm sending a problem report, as well. -- Chris Costello RAM DISK is not an installation procedure! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message