Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 14 May 1996 21:05:03 -0400 | From | "Steven N. Hirsch" <> | Subject | Re: Odd root (and suid root) behavior |
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Chris Evans wrote: > > 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! > > Most interesting. I used to have this problem, the actual thing that > triggers it is the _first_ attempt to syslog a message after a reboot. > The thing attempting to syslog a message just hangs for quite some time. > This problem has disappeared recently, perhaps due to my libc upgrade to > 5.2.18, perhaps due to my sysklogd upgrade to 1.3, or perhaps even due to > kernel upgrades as both pipes/unix domain sockets/whatever syslog might > use, have been tweaked. > > CAn anyone narrow this down? > > Chris.
Ok, that makes perfect sense! I watched from a non-root session using ps to see what was happening. Sure enough, it hangs with 'login root' executing in the offending session. If I watch the syslog file, the appropriate message does not appear until after the session "unsticks". What made this bug rear its head all of a sudden??
- Steve
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