Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 09:52:11 -0800 (PST) From: Kwoody <kwoody@citytel.net> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Kernel messages. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971224090933.4118B-100000@mybsd.net> In-Reply-To: <199712232227.WAA15091@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > Nope, the ``File exists'' is the text associated with errno EEXIST. > In this context it means that there's already an interface with the > given (via `set ifaddr') destination address. The `wrong ifa' > messages indicate that there's already an interface with the given > (via `set ifaddr') source address. I would guess this is becuase when ppp dials out during a cron job for mail, when there is no more mail I use kill -INT in the script to drop the connection, but all the routes remain in place. Is it ok for routes to remain afterwards? Or should they be deleted? > > Are you trying to run ppp from /etc/ttys without the -direct switch ? > This won't work as ppp daemonizes itself and init will then try to > respawn ppp. The result is loads of ppp processes - all failing to > run, and an unstable system that probably runs out of file descriptors > among other things. No, I run ppp from the command line manually. I think that getty's message may have been caused by me banging away on the keyboard in frustration just before all the vtty's logged out. > This sounds as if ppp was using up all the file descriptors. Was > there only a single ppp running or was there loads of them (all > spawned by init in /etc/ttys) ? Can you reproduce the problem ? Nope just one. Ive been back at 0820 of ppp for the last week so have not retrured to 1215. I know the odd occasion when I notice cron didnt work because ppp died and in the ppp.log is a mesasage about bad file descriptors. doesnt happen often though. > > I updated ppp on Dec 19 so that it exits in -auto mode if the > specified interface addresses are already configured. You may want > to get the latest version. Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default 204.244.99.76 UGSc 0 4 tun0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 800 lo0 192.168 link#1 UC 0 0 192.168.0.2 0:c0:f0:b:8f:9b UHLW 1 13315 lo0 204.244.99.76 204.244.99.124 UH 1 0 tun0 this is what a netstat always shows after a ppp session done. All routes are still in place. Only thing that will change is the dynamically assiged IP and sometimes the gateway, depnding onwhich router I hit. Will this affect the lastest version of PPP when running in -auto mode? Or just the first time ppp is run in -auto? Should routes be deleted after a ppp session is done? thanks a bunch Brian. Keith.
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