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Subject: Re: Problem with "su -" and kernels 2.4.3-ac11 and higher
To: whitney@math.berkeley.edu
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:19:27 +0100 (BST)
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        kufel!ankry@green.mif.pg.gda.pl (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz),
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> > 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:

It appears to be a bug in PAM. Someone seems to reply on parent/child running
order and just got caught out

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