Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!infonode!ingr!b11!guy!guy From: guy@b11.ingr.com (Guy Streeter) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Problems w/ PPP and setsid Message-ID: Date: 18 Jan 91 18:54:10 GMT References: Sender: usenet@b11.ingr.com Distribution: comp Lines: 25 mclay@vato.ae.utexas.edu (Robert McLay) writes: >When I use PPP over a serial line between a sun4/330 and a sun 4/20 >both running sunOS 4.1, I get the following error message: >ppp: setsid(): Not owner. >and the connection over the modem hangs up. [...] >Here is what pppstart looks like: >#!/bin/sh >/usr/bin/mesg n >stty -tostop hupcl >exec /usr/local/etc/ppp -p 128.83.152.29: Take the 'exec' out. When ppp is compiled to use setsid() it should not be exec-ed. "Not Owner" is this particular case apparently means "Already Owner", and why it is an error is beyond my ken, but removing the 'exec' fixes it. -- Guy Streeter, streeter@ingr.com ...uunet!ingr!b11!guy!guy