From owner-freebsd-stable  Mon Aug 21 18:35:32 2000
Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Received: from starbug.ugh.net.au (starbug.ugh.net.au [203.31.238.37])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 988B037B424
	for <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:35:28 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by starbug.ugh.net.au (Postfix, from userid 1000)
	id 486A4A845; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 11:36:50 +1000 (EST)
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by starbug.ugh.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 3B1E9544E; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 11:36:50 +1000 (EST)
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 11:36:50 +1000 (EST)
From: andrew@ugh.net.au
To: Jonathan Defries <jonathan@corpex.com>
Cc: Joakim Ryden <jo@ForumOne.Com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: Password problems
In-Reply-To: <NEBBJLAOAKHHJLPLDLPICELGDAAA.jonathan@corpex.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008221134480.27557-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au>
X-WonK: *wibble*
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG



On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Jonathan Defries wrote:

> OK, thanks. There's none of them running. Guess we're both out
> of ideas for now :)

You could try running passwd through gdb, gprof, truss or some other tool
that lets you "see inside" the binary. It might give you a hint as to
where its blocking...perhaps trying to aquire a lock?

Andrew



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message