diff -Naur ppp-2.4.5/pppd/main.c ppp-2.4.5-magellan/pppd/main.c
--- ppp-2.4.5/pppd/main.c	2009-11-16 23:26:07.000000000 +0100
+++ ppp-2.4.5-magellan/pppd/main.c	2010-08-20 12:36:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 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 */
@@ -1402,7 +1402,14 @@
     sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);		/* unnecessary in fact */
     act.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
     act.sa_flags = 0;
-    kill(0, sig);
+    if (detached)
+        kill(0, sig);
+    else {
+        struct subprocess *chp;
+        /* process group wasn't created (yet), kill all children instead */
+        for (chp = children; chp != NULL; chp = chp->next)
+            kill(chp->pid, sig);
+    }
     /*
      * The kill() above made the signal pending for us, as well as
      * the rest of our process group, but we don't want it delivered