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Date:      Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:52:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>
To:        Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Cannot login as root, exited on signal 11
Message-ID:  <958562.35592.qm@web57008.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

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--- On Wed, 6/17/09, Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> wrote:=0A=0A> From: Tim Ju=
dd <tajudd@gmail.com>=0A> Subject: Re: Cannot login as root, exited on sign=
al 11=0A> To: "Unga" <unga888@yahoo.com>=0A> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.=
org=0A> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 2:51 AM=0A> On 6/16/09, Unga <unga8=
88@yahoo.com>=0A> wrote:=0A> >=0A> > --- On Tue, 6/16/09, Tim Judd <tajudd@=
gmail.com>=0A> wrote:=0A> >=0A> >> From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com>=0A> >>=
 Subject: Re: Cannot login as root, exited on=0A> signal 11=0A> >> To: "Ung=
a" <unga888@yahoo.com>=0A> >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org,=0A> mail25=
@bzerk.org=0A> >> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 10:10 PM=0A> >> su -l disca=
rds the previous=0A> >> environment and loads a new environment.=0A> >> It'=
s as if you're "logging in" as root (-l)=0A> >>=0A> >> running su without -=
l will elevate your=0A> priveledges without=0A> >> this same=0A> >> problem=
, you keep the same shell.=A0 Fix your=0A> shell=0A> >> problems via this=
=0A> >> way (or single user as originally described), and=0A> be=0A> >> car=
eful next=0A> >> time.=0A> >>=0A> >=0A> > Hi Tim, thanks for the reply. I h=
ave not identified=0A> yet the problem to be=0A> > solved.=0A> >=0A> > If y=
ou refer that I use bash for root is the problem,=0A> there is no differenc=
e=0A> > by switching root's shell to sh.=0A> >=0A> > With sh as the shell f=
or root:=0A> > 1. Still cannot login as root from the console. Child=0A> pr=
ocess died error.=0A> >=0A> > 2. "su -l" doesn't work, child process died e=
rror.=0A> >=0A> > 3. su works. But the prompt is [\u@host name]#=0A> > Why =
it doesn't print root@host? whoami shows root.=0A> >=0A> > What is the prob=
lem you think that I should fix? any=0A> ideas? any thread=0A> > related er=
ror as the child process die when in root?=0A> >=0A> > Best regards=0A> > U=
nga=0A> >=0A> =0A> =0A> Unga,=0A> =0A> This is the first time I've read fro=
m you that you were=0A> using the=0A> recommended shell.=A0 Given you're ru=
nning the=0A> recommended shell and=0A> you're still having problems sporad=
ically (users =3D ok, root=0A> =3D not),=0A> I'd start the invasive discove=
ry why it's not=0A> working.=A0 First is=0A> system-wide:=0A> =A0 is your k=
ernel version and userland in sync?=0A> =0A> =A0 Such as RELENG_7 userland =
with RELENG_7=0A> kernel?=A0 Running=0A> non-synchronized kernel and userla=
nd (aka world) is not=0A> supported* and=0A> will cause problems.=0A> =0A> =
=0A> Back to the individualized problem -- if you backup your=0A> root's=0A=
> dotfiles, and then remove or rename them, does the problem=0A> remain?=0A=
> What if you set root's home directory to one of your user's=0A> home=0A> =
directory as a test to see if it's the dotfiles?=0A> =0A> =0A> These would =
be my next steps to diagnose what might be the=0A> problem.=A0 Good luck.=
=0A> =0A> =0A> * - Only supported is when you're upgrading and have a=0A> n=
ewer kernel=0A> just long enough to install world.=0A> =0A=0ADear Tim=0A=0A=
I suspect this is a build error. Therefore, let me rebuild and see whether =
the problem go away. I'm going to do a careful rebuild more towards the end=
 of the week. I'll let the list and you know the result. If the problem sti=
ll persists, I really like to know what causes it.=0A=0ABest regards=0AUnga=
=0A=0A=0A      



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