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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: su problem
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On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

> OK, I'm trying to su and do something.  The system's been working just
> fine for a long time, I last logged in a few hours ago and su'd with no
> problems, logged out to try out a change or two I'd made, and here's what
> happens now:
> {~} mortis:{102} %whoami
> fullermd
> {~} mortis:{103} %who am i
> fullermd ttyp0   Aug  2 19:57   (:0.0)
> {~} mortis:{104} %su
> Alias loop.
> {~} mortis:{105} %su root
> Alias loop.

This is a shell error.  Did you modify your shell's aliases?

Try running 'alias' and make sure everything is OK there.

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