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Date:      Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:32:50 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@sparc.isl.net>
To:        gclarkii@main.gbdata.com (Gary Clark II)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Getting closer...!!!
Message-ID:  <199704250033.TAA01592@watcher.isl.net>
In-Reply-To: <199704240901.EAA01897@main.gbdata.com> from Gary Clark II at "Apr 24, 97 04:01:53 am"

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> I've found that I can cause reboots at will simply by killing my
> pppd daemon.  After I shutdown the modem or kill pppd, pppd is in
> DEs status.  My system then reboots.

I had this same problem, but it was when I did an exec pppd -detach
as root and then killed the process.  I haven't pursued it further.

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