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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:22:47 -0400
From:      Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>
To:        Bri <brian@ukip.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bug in FreeBSD 4.4 in su
Message-ID:  <20011026122247.N71395@numachi.com>
In-Reply-To: <NEBBKKNOEKKNLLNMEOHFEELKFIAA.brian@ukip.com>; from brian@ukip.com on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 12:46:00PM %2B0100
References:  <F154N7GYNxHiw3vmtBH00003d09@hotmail.com> <NEBBKKNOEKKNLLNMEOHFEELKFIAA.brian@ukip.com>

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On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 12:46:00PM +0100, Bri wrote:
> ok if you into your freebsd box from somewhere else and type su - root and
> then type the root password it just hangs there and you think I'm sure I
> typed the password correctly.

Are you using a serial console?  Or, a defferent question, are you
letting syslogd write to /dev/console while you are using a serial
console?

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