From: Marko Kreen <marko@l-t.ee>
To: "Magnus Naeslund(f)" <mag@fbab.net>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.4.4 fork() problems (maybe)
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 22:30:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010505223034.C9629@l-t.ee> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00fb01c0d596$afb30690$020a0a0a@totalmef>
In-Reply-To: <00fb01c0d596$afb30690$020a0a0a@totalmef>; from mag@fbab.net on Sat, May 05, 2001 at 09:07:53PM +0200
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 09:07:53PM +0200, Magnus Naeslund(f) wrote:
> Hello, I saw that there was something changed on how fork() works, and
> wonder if this could be the cause my problem.
> When i do a "su - <user>" it just hangs.
> When i run strace on it i see that it forks and wait()s on the child.
>
> Sometimes when i strace the su command it succeeds to give me a shell,
> sometimes not.
> But it allways fails when i don't strace it.
2.4.4 has some problems with fork() but your problem seems to be
something else. Are you using RedHat 7.1? (Or whatever it was
the latest...) The su-acting-weird problem has been reported
before and was traced to some PAM problems. Try to download
some upgrades from RedHat, maybe it will help.
--
marko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-05-05 20:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-05-05 19:07 2.4.4 fork() problems (maybe) Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-05-05 19:37 ` Marc Schiffbauer
2001-05-05 20:01 ` J Sloan
2001-05-05 20:05 ` David Lang
2001-05-05 20:30 ` Marko Kreen [this message]
2001-05-06 0:20 ` Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-05-06 0:39 ` Marko Kreen
2001-05-06 20:11 ` Magnus Naeslund(f)
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