PPPD - Trivial database
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PPPD .tdb file is a trivial database where the daemon stores some
information about pppd processes running on a system. This trivial
database (.tdb) is similar to gdbm and allows multiple simultaneous
writers.


PATCHES
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PPPD 2.4.4 has a bug that bring the daemon to get a segfault if the
trivial database is corrupted. You can use the following path to fix it:
http://download.pracucci.com/linux/pppd/pppd-2.4.4-tdb-corrupt-segfault.diff


CHANGE LOG
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From pppd 2.4.3:
* The TDB code has been updated to the latest version.  This should
  eliminate the problem that some people have seen where the database
  file (/var/run/pppd.tdb) keeps on growing.  Unfortunately, however,
  the new code uses an incompatible database format.  For this reason,
  pppd now uses /var/run/pppd2.tdb as the database filename.

From pppd 2.4.0:
* All the pppd processes running on a system now write information
  into a common database.  I used the `tdb' code from samba for this.


REFERENCES
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* http://ppp.samba.org/ppp