Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64)

[Alex R]

Hi Ruben,

Output is as follows:

/usr/bin/su:
        libutil.so.7 => /lib/libutil.so.7 (0x800635000)
        libpam.so.4 => /usr/lib/libpam.so.4 (0x800744000)
        libbsm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libbsm.so.2 (0x80084c000)
        libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x800962000)


Ruben de Groot wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 06:20:00PM +1000, Alex R typed:
>   
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I ran into the same problem as this person did (see the link below):
>>
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-net@freebsd.org/msg24337.html
>>
>> ppp starts fine if invoked from shell prompt, however the problem above 
>> occurs for me when I attempt to start it automatically at boot via 
>> /etc/rc.conf
>>
>> Funnily enough, the solution presented in that article seems to fix the 
>> issue.. But why? This problem is very easy to reproduce, how could it 
>> have been overlooked? I just happened to find the article in the link 
>> above, out of desperation, it's not good that I had to Google for a 
>> solution.
>>     
>
> What's the output of the command
>
> ldd `which su`
>
> ?
>
>   
>> Is the solution given "safe"? Should I open a PR?
>>
>> Alex
>>
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