Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 14:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: David Nugent <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/3269: exec pppd -detach ... caused a kernel panic Message-ID: <199704122140.OAA23552@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/3269; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Nugent <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au> To: ortmann@sparc.isl.net Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/3269: exec pppd -detach ... caused a kernel panic Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 07:29:23 +1000 On Sat Apr 12 03:43:42 EST 1997, Daniel Ortmann writes: > no special environment needed. (I was running bash2.) I think a special environment *is* needed. Perhaps the trap info when your system crashed would be informative? > 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 I execute almost exactly this commandline routinely on three 3.0-current boxes, with and without the detach. Only the filenames are different. Two of them are even run from /etc/ttys where the -detach parameter is mandatory to stop init spawning bunches of them and then complaining about it being run too frequently. Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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