Messages in this thread | | | From | Andrzej Krzysztofowicz <> | Subject | Re: Problem with "su -" and kernels 2.4.3-ac11 and higher | Date | Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:56:00 +0200 (MET DST) |
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"Manuel McLure wrote:" > On 2001.04.22 14:38 Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote: > > > > > > I'm having a problem with "su -" on ac11/ac12. ac5 doesn't show the > > > problem. > > > The problem is easy to reproduce - go to a console, log in as root, do > > an > > > "su -" (this will succeed) and then another "su -". The second "su -" > > > should hang - ps shows it started bash and that the bash process is > > > sleeping. You need to "kill -9" the bash to get your prompt back. > > > > No problem here. > > > > P233MMX > > > > # uname -a > > Linux kufel 2.4.3-ac12 #2 nie kwi 22 15:32:51 CEST 2001 i586 unknown > > > > # ls -l /lib/libc-* > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1060168 Nov 19 11:17 /lib/libc-2.1.3.so > > > > # gcc --version > > egcs-2.91.66 > > (kernel with the fix by Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@image.dk>) > > > > # su --version > > su (GNU sh-utils) 2.0 > > > > Maybe it is RH7 specyfic ? Or you have some compiler / hardware problem ? > > > > Andrzej > > Did you try nesting more than one "su -"? The first one after a boot works > for me - every other one fails.
I've tried three levels. But my systsem is based on RH6.x
> I'm on RH71 - this may be specific to this release. It's also > kernel-dependent, I can reboot with ac5 and the problem does not happen. > The kernel is compiled with the same compiler as yours. > > My libc is 2.2.2 while yours is 2.1.3 - this may be the difference.
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