From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Dec 13 12:47:51 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 12:47:47 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.sentex.ca (smtp1.sentex.ca [199.212.134.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B94CB37B400; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 12:47:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from simoeon.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [209.112.4.47]) by smtp1.sentex.ca (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBDKlgh06036; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 15:47:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <5.0.1.4.1.20001213153948.01fc9df0@marble.sentex.ca> X-Sender: mdtpop@marble.sentex.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.1 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 15:41:18 -0500 To: Andre Oppermann , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: su root hangs when logged in via SSH Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3A37C07A.8950B7CF@telehouse.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yeah, I had a similar problem to this in the past where syslogd was kind of hung, and the su was blocking waiting for I guess syslog to return. If you can login as root on the console, kill syslogd, restart it and see if su works once again. ---Mike At 07:31 PM 12/13/00 +0100, Andre Oppermann wrote: >I've got a strange problem on two of my FreeBSD machines (4.1R and >4.2-STABLE 20001207). > >Whenever I try to su to root it (su) just hangs and does not execute >the login. Also when supplying the wrong password after emitting the >message it will just hang and I have to kill it with ^C. > >Su'ing to another normal user works. Also su'ing to root works when >logged in via telnet. > >On -current all this works fine. > >Does this ring any bells? > >-- >Andre > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message