Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262116AbTK1Kyk (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 05:54:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262131AbTK1Kyk (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 05:54:40 -0500 Received: from mail.skjellin.no ([80.239.42.67]:65195 "HELO mail.skjellin.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262116AbTK1Kyj (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 05:54:39 -0500 Subject: Re: Strange behavior observed w.r.t 'su' command From: Andre Tomt To: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20031128105750.GA5777@cambrant.com> References: <3FC707B6.1070704@mailandnews.com> <20031128105750.GA5777@cambrant.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1070016863.29981.28.camel@slurv.pasop.tomt.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:54:23 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 940 Lines: 21 On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 11:57, Tim Cambrant wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 10:15:50AM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: > > I can't reproduce it on Slackware running 2.6.0-test10. It's probably > > a redhat thing. > > This problem also appears on Gentoo 1.4 running 2.6.0-test11. I don't > know about the rest of the environment, but it's definately not just > a RedHat thing. Could it have something to do with some library-version > or something? For whatever it's worth, I can't reproduce this on a Debian Sid system with kernel version 2.4.23-rc1. I guess RH/Gentoo isn't killing off the forked shell when su dies brutally, leaving the root shell and the user shell fighting for the terminal. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/