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Date:      Sat, 01 Jun 1996 18:23:33 +0100
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        David Hedley <David.Hedley@bristol.ac.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: weird problem with su 
Message-ID:  <4749.833649813@palmer.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 01 Jun 1996 11:48:16 BST." <398.833626096@inferno.cs.bris.ac.uk> 

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David Hedley wrote in message ID
<398.833626096@inferno.cs.bris.ac.uk>:
> (
>         if [ -x /home/users/bbsadmin/bootup ]; then
>                 echo -n 'BBS: '
>                 echo bootup | su -l bbsadmin
>         fi
>         if [ -x /home/users/mud/bootup ]; then
>                 echo -n 'TNT: '
>                 echo bootup | su -l mud
>         fi
> ) >/tmp/bootup 2>&1 &

> Both 'su' commands exit on signal 11 and the following is found in
> /tmp/bootup:
> 
> BBS: Memory fault
> TNT: Memory fault

Try doing that without the `-l' flag to `su'. -l attempts to simulate
a full login, which during /etc/rc.local could cause problems. I've
certainly seen other stuff working in /etc/rc.local using `su user'.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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