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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. Nothing unusual, you just have two shells competing with each other on the terminal. Don't use kill -9 unless you know what you are doing. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, D-90429 Nürnberg Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||
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