From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 4 09:56:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA02810 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:56:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sbservices.com (relay.sbservices.com [207.51.66.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA02805 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:56:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ChrisMic@sbservices.com) Received: from thoth.sbservices.com (root@thoth.sbservices.com [199.174.17.20]) by sbservices.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id MAA16585; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:57:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from site2s1.sbservices.com (site2.sbservices.com [169.2.160.40]) by thoth.sbservices.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA10413; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:53:47 -0500 (EST) Received: by site2s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:56:21 -0500 Message-ID: <29C83908FF4FD2118D2C00A0C90FCB440873C3@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels - SSG To: "'snowfox@Mcs.Net'" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: su hangs Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:56:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG How long does it hang? Do you have kerberos installed? I had the same problem when I had kerberos install, SU would hang, sometimes for a full minute before giving me the password prompt. Try su -K to bypass the kerberos authentication. > -----Original Message----- > From: snowfox@Mcs.Net [SMTP:snowfox@Mcs.Net] > Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 4:30 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: su hangs > > I'm getting a strange behavior - > > On running 'su', the process never prints anything to the display, it > simply hangs, eating a little CPU time every now and again. ^C breaks > out just fine, but no 'su'. The following shows up via 'ps -U root'; > I'm another 'wheel' user at this point. > > 11208 p3 S<+ 0:00.20 su > > I'm running the current -STABLE, and the only notable thing I've done > since it last worked has been to leave X11R6 running back home before > trying to get in remotely. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message