Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:44:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:44:01 -0400 Received: from adsl-209-76-109-63.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([209.76.109.63]:4480 "EHLO adsl-209-76-109-63.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:43:35 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 19:42:49 -0700 From: Wayne Whitney Message-Id: <200104230242.f3N2gns08877@adsl-209-76-109-63.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net> To: manuel@mclure.org, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problem with "su -" and kernels 2.4.3-ac11 and higher In-Reply-To: <20010422192520.A3618@ulthar.internal.mclure.org> In-Reply-To: <20010422102234.A1093@ulthar.internal.mclure.org> <200104222138.XAA00666@kufel.dom> <200104222138.XAA00666@kufel.dom> <20010422192520.A3618@ulthar.internal.mclure.org> Reply-To: whitney@math.berkeley.edu Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In mailing-lists.linux-kernel, Manuel A. McLure wrote: > Did you try nesting more than one "su -"? The first one after a boot > works for me - every other one fails. Same here: the first "su -" works OK, but a second nested one hangs: 8825 pts/2 S 0:00 /bin/su - 8826 pts/2 S 0:00 -bash 8854 pts/2 T 0:00 stty erase ? 8855 pts/0 R 0:00 ps ax "kill -CONT 8854" has no effect. > I'm on RH71 - this may be specific to this release. It's also > kernel-dependent, I can reboot with ac5 and the problem does not > happen. The kernel is compiled with the same compiler as yours. I'm RH-7.1 and kernel 2.4.4-pre6 (with the via 3.23 driver from -ac) Cheers, Wayne - 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/