Once in a while, user ppp is killed rather abruptly
and it leaves a diagnostic socket behind, which blocks
the creation of a diagnostic socket after reboot.
Anyway, I propose adding another variable to rc.conf, something
along the lines of the three patches here. The default
value for pppctl_socket would be NO or just "". In my case however,
I'll set it to "/var/ppp/ppp".
Whaddayall think?
--- usr/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf.orig Sun Oct 6 02:21:33 2002
+++ usr/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf Sun Oct 6 12:59:53 2002
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
ppp_nat="YES" # Use PPP's internal network address translation or NO.
ppp_profile="papchap" # Which profile to use from /etc/ppp/ppp.conf.
ppp_user="root" # Which user to run ppp as
+pppctl_socket="NO" # Delete old pppctl diagnostic socket at boot (or NO).
### Network daemon (miscellaneous) ###
syslogd_enable="YES" # Run syslog daemon (or NO).
--- usr/src/etc/rc.d/ppp-user.orig Sun Oct 6 01:58:05 2002
+++ usr/src/etc/rc.d/ppp-user Sun Oct 6 12:59:17 2002
@@ -15,7 +15,16 @@ start_cmd="ppp_start"
stop_cmd=":"
ppp_start()
-{
+{
+ # Check for orphaned pppctl diagnostic socket, delete it.
+ [ "${pppctl_socket}" ] && case ${pppctl_socket} in
+ [Nn][Oo])
+ # Do nothing
+ ;;
+ *)
+ [ -S "${pppctl_socket}" ] && rm ${pppctl_socket}
+ esac
+
# Establish ppp mode.
#
if [ "${ppp_mode}" != "ddial" -a "${ppp_mode}" != "direct" \
--- usr/src/etc/rc.network.orig Sat Sep 21 01:36:18 2002
+++ usr/src/etc/rc.network Sun Oct 6 12:57:29 2002
@@ -272,6 +272,16 @@ network_pass1() {
#
case ${ppp_enable} in
[Yy][Ee][Ss])
+ # Check for orphaned pppctl diagnostic socket
+ [ "${pppctl_socket" ] && case ${pppctl_socket} in
+ [Nn][Oo])
+ # Don't do anything
+ ;;
+ *)
+ # Delete socket if it still exists
+ [ -S "${pppctl_socket}" ] && rm ${pppctl_socket}
+ esac
+
# Establish ppp mode.
#
if [ "${ppp_mode}" != "ddial" -a "${ppp_mode}" != "direct" \
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