diff -Nru ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/main.c ppp-2.4.4/pppd/main.c
--- ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/main.c	2008-04-12 09:51:21.000000000 +0300
+++ ppp-2.4.4/pppd/main.c	2008-04-12 10:11:19.000000000 +0300
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 int hungup;			/* terminal has been hung up */
 int privileged;			/* we're running as real uid root */
 int need_holdoff;		/* need holdoff period before restarting */
-int detached;			/* have detached from terminal */
+int detached = 0;			/* have detached from terminal */
 volatile int status;		/* exit status for pppd */
 int unsuccess;			/* # unsuccessful connection attempts */
 int do_callback;		/* != 0 if we should do callback next */
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@
      */
     if (!nodetach && !updetach)
 	detach();
+    else
+	setsid(); /* set the process group, see http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=181145 */
     p = getlogin();
     if (p == NULL) {
 	pw = getpwuid(uid);