Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 13:23:25 +0000 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: syslogd blocking => can't su to root Message-ID: <20011230132325.A54667@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <20011230081106.A98698@palomine.net>; from cjohnson@palomine.net on Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 08:11:06AM -0500 References: <20011230081106.A98698@palomine.net>
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On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 08:11:06AM -0500, Chris Johnson wrote: > no syslogd expert, but I suspect that some buffer that syslogd writes to is > full, so it's blocking, so su blocks waiting for syslogd to accept its message > (or something vaguely along those lines). Can you run top and find the syslogd line and see what state it is in? David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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