Package: pppoe Version: 3.5-4 Followup-For: Bug #298582 I have found a bug in pppd that may explain why this happens.
pppoe-server invokes "pppd pty 'pppoe ...'" with no file descriptors open. pppd does an openlog() and gets /dev/log on fd 0 (you can already see where this is going). Later, when pppd is setting up file descriptors for the pty subprocess, it puts the pty master on fd 0 and 1 and the logfd (which is a distinct log file, in addition to syslog, normally set to /dev/null by now) on fd 2. It handles this all very carefully, avoiding several potential problems with fds getting stomped on. Then it does a closelog(), which stomps on fd 0. pppoe now gets invoked with fd 0 closed, and hilarity ensues. Moving the closelog() up a few lines in pppd fixes it for me. --- ppp-2.4.3.orig/pppd/main.c 2004-11-13 07:05:48.000000000 -0500 +++ ppp-2.4.3/pppd/main.c 2005-06-19 05:13:27.000000000 -0500 @@ -1497,6 +1497,8 @@ if (errfd == 0 || errfd == 1) errfd = dup(errfd); + closelog(); + /* dup the in, out, err fds to 0, 1, 2 */ if (infd != 0) dup2(infd, 0); @@ -1505,7 +1507,6 @@ if (errfd != 2) dup2(errfd, 2); - closelog(); if (log_to_fd > 2) close(log_to_fd); if (the_channel->close) -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.29 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages pppoe depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii ppp 2.4.3-20050321+2 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daem -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]