FreeBSD 2.2.1 /PPP 2.2.0 and mgetty 1.0.0 or 1.1.5: wtmp and connection problems (fwd)

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Heya,

You, Gert Doering wrote:

> Knarf, any ideas?

Hmm, maybe. :)

> 1. In my wtmp; whenever I give a 'last', there are always 2 entries:
> one for the AutoPPP
> one for the real user
> Now, AutoPPP stays logged in for ever, the real user gets logged out.
> Anyone have a clue? Is that FreeBSD behaving wildly?

This is because of your line in login.config:

> /AutoPPP/  -  autoppp /usr/sbin/pppd auth +pap -chap login

Both, mgetty ("autoppp") and pppd ("<username>") open a new wtmp
entry, and init just closes one. Try

/AutoPPP/  -  - /usr/sbin/pppd auth +pap -chap login

and you'll be happy. [I use this feature just under L****, but I noticed
the same behaviour there...]

> 2. As I said, I tried using 1.1.5 first. Some of my users use auto
> logins, (for a uucp over tcp over ppp connection), and suddenly
> appeared to have 10 hours of connection during the weekend. I think it
> has something to do with a _combination_ of pppd 2.2.0; mgetty and the
> new freebsd, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to check it here.

Sorry, what is the problem with "10 hours of connection during the
weekend"?

I use mgetty 1.1.5 with FreeBSD 2.2.1 on a machine with 35 serial ports
and it works really fine. :)

Bye,
Knarf
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