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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:20:43 +0100
To: Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconned.net>
From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com>
Subject: Re: 2 small strange problems
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At 09:43 AM 1/22/97 -0600, Randy DuCharme wrote:
>Two things are really bugging me in that I cannot seem to find the cause
>of them on my own.  They're both small problems and I'm not too sure
>just exactly when it started as both have to do with logins.  Hence this
>message.  Here goes:
>
>1: Whenever I login as 'root' I get a warning message...
>   "Warning: Imported path contains relative components" ( or something
>to that effect )

That sounds like a security feature - you have . in root's path.  (or you
are SUing to root with -m and have . in your own path)

>2:  If I login as a nonexistent user ( ie: typing error entering login
>name )  I get ...
>
>   <machine name> /kernel: pid <pid> (login), uid 0: exited on sig 11
>
>Are these normal behavior for 'current', or do I have a problem 
>somewhere??  I don't seem to recall 2.1.5, or SNAP doing either of
>these, yet I'll be darned if I can find the cause.  

The last one must be a bug.  Signal 11 is SEGV - segment violation, login
is dumping core.  Examine the coredump and come back to us with a patch :)



Eivind Eklund / perhaps@yes.no / http://maybe.yes.no/perhaps/