Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 23:22:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 23:22:15 -0400 Received: from leng.mclure.org ([64.81.48.142]:7176 "EHLO leng.internal.mclure.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 23:22:01 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:21:58 -0700 From: Manuel McLure To: whitney@math.berkeley.edu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problem with "su -" and kernels 2.4.3-ac11 and higher Message-ID: <20010422202158.E970@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> <200104230242.f3N2gns08877@adsl-209-76-109-63.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: <200104230242.f3N2gns08877@adsl-209-76-109-63.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net>; from whitney@math.berkeley.edu on Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 19:42:49 -0700 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.1.4 Lines: 29 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2001.04.22 19:42 Wayne Whitney wrote: > 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) It looks like this may very well be a RH 7.1 interaction with the kernel, since others are not seeing this. -- Manuel A. McLure KE6TAW | ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient | and significant law, no man may kill a cat. | -- H.P. Lovecraft - 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/