On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Linux Lists wrote:
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> On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Catalin BOIE wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Linux Lists wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi, there,
> > >
> > > I have a system with RedHat 5.0 (Hurricane), kernel 2.0.33 and pppd 2.3.3,
> > > which dials out to an NT box running RAS. It just keeps dialing and
> > > hanging up. After around three rounds, I start getting the following msgs:
> > >
> > > Nov 17 17:23:36 crowdy pppd[10647]: Serial connection established.
> > > Nov 17 17:23:37 crowdy pppd[10647]: Using interface ppp0
> > > Nov 17 17:23:37 crowdy pppd[10647]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyC0
> > > Nov 17 17:23:37 crowdy pppd[10647]: Remote message:
> > > Nov 17 17:23:37 crowdy modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
> > > Nov 17 17:24:22 crowdy pppd[10647]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> > > Nov 17 17:24:22 crowdy pppd[10647]: ioctl(PPPIOCSASYNCMAP): Input/output
> > > error(5)
> > > Nov 17 17:24:23 crowdy pppd[10647]: Exit.
> >
> > I have a pool of modems on a Cyclom board, Linux 2.0.35, ppp 2.3.5, SMP.
> > When my clients that auth with PAP log in I got that message on the logs,
> > and they cannot login. The others clients managed to enter!
>
> Hmmm, interesting ... I'll test char auth here to see if it works even
> after the system reaches the weird state.
>
> > The problem was with the ppp. It try to lookup the last "*" character from
> > papsecret file. I modified the PPP and the problem was gone!
> >
> > The PPP was tryng to lookup the "*" but my line to my provider was down,
> > and the named was restarted. What a stupid coincidence!
>
> Could you please explain this better ?? I didn't understand ...
> How did you fix ?? By replacing the pppd software ?? By changing the
> pap-secrets file ??
I show the value of lookup of "*" host and it was NULL.
So I change the ppp: if host is "*" to return null.
The problem is resolved now!
My users can enter ok.
>
> Now, new data for ya: I noticed after tons of tests that once the problem
> happens, a '(modprobe <zombie>)' process shows up. Then, just by guess
> (this zombie process reminded me of kerneld problems from the past), I
> disabled module autoloading capabilities from the kernel and
> recompiled/re-linked/re-installed it. Then I rebooted the system and
> loaded the necessary modules manually.
>
> Result: the system ran overnight with the _same_ tests without a hitch,
> i.e., no problems at all !!
>
> Any hints ?? The modutils I'm using is 2.1.55, and it's my first suspect,
> but I'd like to hear from you before I upgrade it.
>
> Regards,
> Ivan Passos
>
>
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