Re: Problem with "su -" and kernels 2.4.3-ac11 and higher

Manuel McLure
2001-04-23T03:21:23Z

On 2001.04.22 19:42 Brett wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, 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 either...
> Tried nesting 7 levels deep, a few times.
>
> p75
>
> # uname -a
> Linux lapsis 2.4.3-ac12 #2 Sun Apr 22 17:41:08 EST 2001 i586 unknown
>
> # ls /lib/libc-*
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1417065 Feb 17 14:57
> /lib/libc-2.2.2.so*
>
> # gcc --version
> 2.95.3
>
> # su --version
> su (GNU sh-utils) 2.0j
>
> / Brett
>

In my case:

# su --version
su (GNU sh-utils) 2.0

# bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.04.21(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu)

# uname -a
Linux ulthar 2.4.3-ac12 #3 Sat Apr 21 23:15:08 PDT 2001 i686 unknown

# ls -l /lib/libc-*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1236396 Apr 6 14:58 /lib/libc-2.2.2.so

# kgcc --version
egcs-2.91.66

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