Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 15 May 1996 18:55:49 -0400 (EDT) | From | Kevin M Bealer <> | Subject | Re: Odd root (and suid root) behavior |
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On Tue, 14 May 1996, Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
> All, > > As of (at least) 1.99.2, an initial root login (or su root) after > system startup hangs for almost a minute on a 486DX4-100 machine. Once > logged in, though, everything procedes normally! > > This (mis)behavior also applies to the first suid root program run as a > conventional user after login, if this helps. > > I am running shadow passwords if that makes a difference. Sorry not be > more specific, but this is just so bizarre that I don't know where to > start! Absolutely _no_ log messages, BTW. > > - Steve > > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > |Steven N. Hirsch "Anything worth doing is worth | > |University of Vermont overdoing.." - Hunter S. Thompson | > |Computer Science / EE | > ------------------------------------------------------------
Sorry for my other response to this, ... I misread the statement.
I have had the behavior you describe for some time, not just recently. I think it stopped when I started using "shutdown -r" instead of "reboot" but I'm not sure.
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