#35 pptpd hangup with "Long config file line ignored"
In case /etc/pptpd.conf does not finish with a newline,
pptpd hangs on startup eating 100% CPU. Tested in
Ubuntu Hoary (pptpd 1.2.1). Adding the missing newline
makes pptpd start fine.
From what I have seen, the bug might be in
configfile.c, function read_config_file.
The do loop logic needs to include the possibility of
files not ending in a newline. In the while just before
the "Long config file..." message, something like
if (buffer[(len = strlen(buffer)) - 1] != '\n' &&
!feof(in)) {
where the && !feof(in) should be added.
The place I where I have located the bug is
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:L8jDx_hZLg0J:cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/poptop/poptop-1.1.4/configfile.c%3Frev%3D1.2++%22Long+config+file+line+ignored.%22+pptpd&hl=es
which is the cache of what seems to be a repository for
1.1.4 (NOT 1.2.1). I am not able to grab the source
package right now and the sf.net Web to CVS gateway
seems down at the moment.
Cheers, andvaranaut
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I'm taking the liberty to assign this a high priority
because it is a trivial fix, but the error is really
annoying and puzzling...
I found this page Googling for this exact problem. I confirm the issue.
Fixed in CVS.