Messages in this thread | | | From | "Magnus Naeslund(f)" <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.4 fork() problems (maybe) | Date | Sun, 6 May 2001 02:20:50 +0200 |
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From: "Marko Kreen" <marko@l-t.ee> > On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 09:07:53PM +0200, Magnus Naeslund(f) wrote: > > Hello, I saw that there was something changed on how fork() works, and > > wonder if this could be the cause my problem. > > When i do a "su - <user>" it just hangs. > > When i run strace on it i see that it forks and wait()s on the child. > > > > Sometimes when i strace the su command it succeeds to give me a shell, > > sometimes not. > > But it allways fails when i don't strace it. > > 2.4.4 has some problems with fork() but your problem seems to be > something else. Are you using RedHat 7.1? (Or whatever it was > the latest...) The su-acting-weird problem has been reported > before and was traced to some PAM problems. Try to download > some upgrades from RedHat, maybe it will help. > > -- > marko >
No i use redhat 6.2 (on a alpha system). It works fine with 2.4.3, which i am running now ( i backed out 2.4.4 ).
Magnus
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