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List:       poptop-server
Subject:    [Poptop-server] Possible Bug Report
From:       <mstead () totalise ! co ! uk>
Date:       2003-08-29 22:47:41
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<P>Hi,</P>
<P>I am running pptpd v 1.1.3 and have noticed something odd. <BR>
When the program starts it gets a process number as normal <BR>
which is recorded in /var/run/pptpd.pid as you all well know. <BR>
However if you then try to run the program again without <BR>
killing it first it will be allocated a new process number but this <BR>
is not updated in the pptpd.pid file so now the two mismatch.</P>
<P>I discovered this as the script in my firewall tests whether <BR>
pptpd is running by:</P>
<P>1: read PID from /var/run/pptpd.pid<BR>
2: read /proc/$PID/status - which fails if the PID is incorrect</P>
<P>If this is not a bug then sorry for wasting your time!!</P>
<P>Regards,</P>
<P>Malcolm Stead<BR>
</P><BR><hr>Message sent via Totalise Webmail - http://www.totalise.co.uk/


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