Messages in this thread | | | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Subject | Re: Strange behavior observed w.r.t 'su' command | Date | Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:15:50 +0100 |
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Raj <raju@mailandnews.com> writes:
> hi, i am not sure if this is a kernel problem or an 'su' related > issue, but this is what i have observed. Tried on 2.4.20-8 ( RH 9.0 > kernel ) and latest 2.6.0-test11. > > - log in as any normal user. ( on Console.). > - su - root > - from root prompt, run 'ps' and check the pid of 'su'. > - kill -9 <pid of su> > After the kill command, strangely my keyboard switches to unbuffered > mode ( a key press is processed immediately ). Also, i alternate > between the root prompt and the normal user prompt. > Every key press switches from root prompt to normal user prompt and > vice versa. Typing 'whoami' at the respective prompts displays 'normal > user' and 'root' for the respective prompts.
I can't reproduce it on Slackware running 2.6.0-test10. It's probably a redhat thing.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@kth.se
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