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For years, I've run my PPPoE over ADSL internet connection using the standard Slackware pppd and rp-pppoe packages. Recently, I noticed that, when shutting down the PPPoE connection, pppd neglects to run the /etc/ppp/ip-down script.
I know that this used to work, and I've been trying to determine why it no longer works. Today, I discovered why.

A couple of years ago, I upgraded to a faster machine, and (as I try to keep the PPPoE session up 24/7), I haven't had a lot of opportunity to exercise
the PPPoE shutdown. There is a timing issue with the supplied pppoe-stop script that causes pppd to terminate before it can successfully complete the ip-down script. Specifically, pppoe-stop
kills pppd, then
kills pppoe-connect, then
kills pppd again (kill -9) "in case it's still hanging around"

on an older machine, in the time it takes to kill pppoe-connect, pppd properly executes the /etc/ppp/ip-down script and terminates. However, on this new, faster
system, that "kill pppoe-connect" step completes before pppd can complete it's termination process. The /second/ "kill pppd" kills pppd completely, and it never
gets to run the ip-down script.

My immediate workaround for this is to patch the /usr/sbin/pppoe-stop script to include a time delay before the second "kill pppd", to permit pppd to properly shut down. However, I will look for a better solution, and post it here if anyone is interested in it.

HTH anyone with similar issues
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Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 23:36:10 +0000, Lew Pitcher wrote:

For years, I've run my PPPoE over ADSL internet connection using the standard Slackware pppd and rp-pppoe packages.

[snip]

So, I guess that it's finally time to switch to pppd and kernel-mode pppoe
Only a decade or so late, as usual :-)
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Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"
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1. who uses ADSL in 2025?

2. who uses ADSL without a router?


Fucking Retard!


On Jun 28, 2025 at 7:36:10rC>PM EDT, "Lew Pitcher" <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:

For years, I've run my PPPoE over ADSL internet connection using the standard Slackware pppd and rp-pppoe packages. Recently, I noticed that, when shutting down the PPPoE connection, pppd neglects to run the /etc/ppp/ip-down script. I know that this used to work, and I've been trying to determine why it no longer works. Today, I discovered why.

A couple of years ago, I upgraded to a faster machine, and (as I try to keep the PPPoE session up 24/7), I haven't had a lot of opportunity to exercise the PPPoE shutdown. There is a timing issue with the supplied pppoe-stop script
that causes pppd to terminate before it can successfully complete the ip-down script. Specifically, pppoe-stop
kills pppd, then
kills pppoe-connect, then
kills pppd again (kill -9) "in case it's still hanging around"

on an older machine, in the time it takes to kill pppoe-connect, pppd properly
executes the /etc/ppp/ip-down script and terminates. However, on this new, faster
system, that "kill pppoe-connect" step completes before pppd can complete it's
termination process. The /second/ "kill pppd" kills pppd completely, and it never
gets to run the ip-down script.

My immediate workaround for this is to patch the /usr/sbin/pppoe-stop script to
include a time delay before the second "kill pppd", to permit pppd to properly
shut down. However, I will look for a better solution, and post it here if anyone is interested in it.

HTH anyone with similar issues

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On Thu, 03 Jul 2025 01:55:54 +0000, John Doe wrote:
[snip]

Oh, sonny. /Real/ pro's run their own servers.

Come back when your mommy lets you out of your diapers.
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Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"
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