Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 02:46:16 -0400 From: "Nicholas Basila" <nbasila@revenio.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: problems with su Message-ID: <001501c01a29$a7a084b0$2000a8c0@mediaone.net>
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I am having strange problems with su on a pc running FreeBSD 3.4. The symptoms are very odd: If I have recently rebooted the machine, I have no problems using su to become root. However, after an hour or so, I can no longer su. It will prompt me for the password, as normal - however, after entering the correct password, su hangs. There are no errors in the logs. If I enter an incorrect password, I get the normal message of "sorry". Only a reboot will allow me to su again. This happens with both telnet and ssh. It is especially strange since the machine (P3 700 with 256MB) has practically no load.
Has anyone seen this happen before?
Thanks,
Nicholas
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am having strange problems with su on a pc
running FreeBSD 3.4. The symptoms are very odd: If I have recently rebooted the
machine, I have no problems using su to become root. However, after an hour or
so, I can no longer su. It will prompt me for the password, as normal - however,
after entering the correct password, su hangs. There are no errors in the logs.
If I enter an incorrect password, I get the normal message of "sorry". Only
a reboot will allow me to su again. This happens with both telnet and ssh. It is
especially strange since the machine (P3 700 with 256MB) has practically no
load.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Has anyone seen this happen
before?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nicholas</FONT></DIV>
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