Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 00:32:03 +0200 From: Toni Schmidbauer <toni@stderror.at> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd one: my root account disappears into hyperspace. Message-ID: <20040526223203.GJ549@stderror.at> In-Reply-To: <F040ABAB-AF1D-11D8-B217-000D93511A6A@hhbb.co.uk> References: <F040ABAB-AF1D-11D8-B217-000D93511A6A@hhbb.co.uk>
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--tAmVnWIZ6lqEAvSf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 03:06:52PM +0100, Andy Holyer wrote: > I ssh into my server as myself, and then su to root. At which point=20 > something odd happens: >=20 > a) the output of some shell commands seems to be redirected somewhere=20 > other then my xterm; > b) when I try to run emacs or vi, I get: "emacs: standard input is not=20 > a tty" >=20 > This doesn't happen when I log in as another user and try it. I've=20 > tried comparing the contents of our two home directories, and there=20 > appears no difference. show us exactly what commands you are using.=20 look for io redirections (< or > in bash) in your .profile,=20 =2Ebashrc, root's .profile and .bashrc and finally /etc/profile and=20 any scripts that are called from within the mentioned files. hth, toni --=20 Wer es einmal so weit gebracht hat, dass er nicht | toni at stderror dot at mehr irrt, der hat auch zu arbeiten aufgehoert | Toni Schmidbauer -- Max Planck | --tAmVnWIZ6lqEAvSf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFAtRriu/mjSj7RMocRAj7yAJkBpIysABv9xA0Q2eFHjGCRoz0tKQCeLsse 2SYBFZEsk0945o1jmabvqXs= =+EJm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tAmVnWIZ6lqEAvSf--
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