Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 01:14:28 -0400 From: "Thomas Farrell" <info@mvcg.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Andy Holyer" <andyh@hhbb.co.uk> Subject: Re: Odd one: my root account disappears into hyperspace. Message-ID: <00f301c443a9$7c7f2d60$0b0a0a0a@neonduron> References: <F040ABAB-AF1D-11D8-B217-000D93511A6A@hhbb.co.uk>
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try man su I think a modifier to like -l "L" would make difference. "L" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Holyer" <andyh@hhbb.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:06 AM Subject: Odd one: my root account disappears into hyperspace. > Here's a really odd one. > > I ssh into my server as myself, and then su to root. At which point > something odd happens: > > a) the output of some shell commands seems to be redirected somewhere > other then my xterm; > b) when I try to run emacs or vi, I get: "emacs: standard input is not > a tty" > > This doesn't happen when I log in as another user and try it. I've > tried comparing the contents of our two home directories, and there > appears no difference. > > Anyone seen this before? > --- > Andy Holyer, Technical stuff > Hedgehog Broadband, 11 Marlborough Place Brighton BN1 1UB > 08451 260895 x 241 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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