[Openswan Users] random l2tp/pppd failure

[Paul Wouters]

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Ben Willmore wrote:

> I now have a successful ipsec/l2tp/ppp setup, which works 2/3 of the
> time but has one annoying problem: seemingly randomly, l2tpd fails to
> kill pppd when the client disconnects.  When this happens, it wedges
> the whole system for all users -- existing connections freeze and new
> ones can't be established.
>
> My claim that it's random comes from multiple reconnects/disconnects
> from the same client.  It will work about 2/3 of the time with no
> problems.  On the remaining 1/3, when the client disconnects, the pppd
> process remains behind, wedging l2tpd etc.
>
> Thanks again for any insight into what's making it flaky.

Which l2tpd is this?

If it is not "l2tpd" from Fedora Extra or "xl2tpd" from Xelerance, can
you please try to see if that one has the same problem?
(fedora's "l2tpd" is patched to be identical to xl2tpd)

Paul