From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 1 17:49:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C299C1065690 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:49:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D02D8FC13 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:49:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n61HnVrv061719; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:49:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 05135BA9B; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:49:31 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:49:31 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Sagara Wijetunga Message-ID: <20090701174930.GC37269@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20090701070409.7740.qmail@us1.tomahawkonline.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vOmOzSkFvhd7u8Ms" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090701070409.7740.qmail@us1.tomahawkonline.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD child process die for root X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:49:34 -0000 --vOmOzSkFvhd7u8Ms Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 02:04:09AM -0500, Sagara Wijetunga wrote: > Hi=20 >=20 > I'm Sagara Wijetunga from Tomahawk Computers from Singapore, makers of th= e=20 > Tomahawk Desktop, a FreeBSD based desktop operating system=20 > (http://www.tomahawkcomputers.com/) which is free for personal use.=20 >=20 > Ever since we upgraded our Tomahawk Core OS to the FreeBSD 7.2 sources, w= e=20 > experienced a strange issue as follows:=20 >=20 > 1. The root cannot login from the console, child process forked die wi= th=20 > =E2=80=9Cuid 0: exited on signal 11=E2=80=9D. > 2. Normal users can log in, no issue. > 3. Normal users can type =E2=80=9Csu=E2=80=9D and become root, but =E2= =80=9Csu -l=E2=80=9D=20 > results child process forked die with =E2=80=9Cuid 0: exited on signal 11= =E2=80=9D. > 4. The /var/log/messages shows =E2=80=9C(cron), uid 0: exited on signa= l 11=20 > (core dumped)=E2=80=9D=20 Based on your symptoms, it looks like something in the restart commands file for root causes the shell to crash... What shell are you using for root? Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --vOmOzSkFvhd7u8Ms Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkpLoaoACgkQEnfvsMMhpyU8FwCfbRXwGQVvB8oLvHlE8qjxNfLg JTYAmwYYtdwQBrvnHsjeORiG0XaycbVG =onz1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vOmOzSkFvhd7u8Ms--