[pptp-server] Pptpd crashing my machine

[Chris Herrmann]

there are a lot of reports of 2.4.anything kernels being unstable, and
crashing without warning - have experienced this first hand myself. it
appears to happen more with adaptec scsi configurations, and high load. i
spent a day or so on the kernel mailing list, but the volume of email made
my server crash <g> (my brain, i meant).

-----Original Message-----
From: pptp-server-admin at lists.schulte.org
[mailto:pptp-server-admin at lists.schulte.org]On Behalf Of robert
Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2001 05:51
To: mailinglists at avati.com.br; PoPToP List
Subject: Re: [pptp-server] Pptpd crashing my machine


Most people, including myself, actually recommend the development version
over the "stable" version.

As for the machine crashing, I don't have enough details to say for sure,
but
my experience is when running a stable kernel, only power problems or
hardware problems cause a system to crash.  It is possible it is a kernel
problem, since there are a lot of bug fixes since 2.4.4.  I'm currently
running 2.4.13 with an uptime of 10 days so far.  (I installed 2.4.13 10
days
ago, however, I haven't tested pptpd against it yet).  However, some people
have complained about problems with pptpd on kernel versions greater than
2.4.8.

On Monday 05 November 2001 07:07 am, Leonardo Pimenta Gonzalez wrote:
> Hellow Guys,
>
> I have some problems with pptpd 1.0.1 stable.
>
> My machine: Pentium 1GHZ 256RAM, Kernel 2.4.4 on S.U.S.E Linux 7.1
>
> My vpn traffic: 25 per 30 users simultaneous
>
> My problem: Well, my machine crashes sometimes. I make some tests and
> discover some things. When I do an "killall -9 pptpd" with 5 or 6 users or
> more users connected on pptpd server,  the machine crashs.
> The problem maybe various users disconnecting at same time? Well.. I think
> it.
> Anybody have the same experience to help me??
> Maybe I need to change my pptpd version to development, but I don't like
> this.. The development version is stable or had various security
problems??
>
> Thankz a lot and sorry for my poot English.
>
>
>
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