Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 21:30:14 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cant su Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005102118120.90428-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000510202431.03935c20@mail.sentex.net>
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Mike Tancsa wrote to questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > > I have a test box that is having problems with su. If I do something like > su username > > and give it the wrong password, it just hangs > > buildbox% su mdtancsa > Password: > Sorry > > > And it just hangs after the sorry. Any ideas what might be going on ? > > 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE #0: Mon Mar 6 20:10:37 EST 2000 > > ---Mike I don't see this behaviour on either of my 3.4 machines (one machine was updated last week. The other is running from a 2 m.o. cvsup), using descrypt on one. Define "hangs"... I.e., if this is on a local vty, can you switch to another? I assume ^C/^Z don't knock it out? Does it hang the whole box (can you ping/login to the machine?). Or is su the only process that's hanging? Can you do a ps -axl? Is the box using remote passwords? Have you changed your crypt libs around lately? Are all the links as they should be? Modtimes sufficiently old? Occasionally, on virtual terminals, when a program exits on failure (usually after it dumps core), I don't get a prompt back, and the term wreaks havoc with the keyboard. Usually I just kill the controlling shell and getty cleans up the mess :-) Sorry this isn't a hard fast answer, but perhaps my questions will spark something for you :-) - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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