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

[Ruben de Groot]

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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