Package: ppp Version: 2.4.3-20050321+2 Severity: important As the subject says, when using pty, pppd will leak file handles. This can be most easily seen with the following script:
--- /etc/ppp/peers/test --- pty "sleep 0" user "test" noauth idle 0 # Just keep on trying to reconect... even if it appears futile! maxfail 0 persist -------- Depending on the speed of the machine, after about a minute it will log the message: Exit. into /var/log/messages. If before it does so you run lsof on the running pppd you will see that it has hundreds of references to deleted /dev/pts/*. I believe that what is happening is that it is running until it uses up all of it's file handles, and then falls over. I noticed this running my pptp client, as although it takes much longer to happen, it still happens. Hope this helps, Paul -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-5-amd64-k8 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages ppp depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpam-modules 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam-runtime 0.76-22 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpcap0.7 0.7.2-7 System interface for user-level pa ii makedev 2.3.1-78 creates device files in /dev ii netbase 4.21 Basic TCP/IP networking system ii procps 1:3.2.5-1 /proc file system utilities ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
