From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Oct 26 9: 8:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from cc-gw.1anetworks.net (cc-gw.1anetworks.net [193.243.179.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4243537B401 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 09:08:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brian (brian.1anetworks.net [212.36.98.200]) by parma.1anetworks.net (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA12778 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:08:05 +0100 (BST) From: "Bri" To: Subject: RE: Bug in FreeBSD 4.4 in su Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:25:15 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <20011026165834.A20688@shikima.mine.nu> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The ip address is static so its not that although I'm sure its something to do with the firewall in someway the machine is just a NAT gateway and name server with 2 nic's one for internal one for external traffic. I can for example do su and the password and it works or su - username and its works but if i try su - root and the password is hangs the session and I can't connect again. Think I'm going to have a think about what it could be. Any Help Appreciated Bri, -----Original Message----- From: RaRa Rasputin [mailto:rasputin@shikima.mine.nu]On Behalf Of Rasputin Sent: 26 October 2001 16:59 To: Bri Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bug in FreeBSD 4.4 in su * Bri [011026 16:35]: > 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. > > So then you u think ok the the SSH session died for some reason try to log > back in via ssh and you can't and when you try to ping the machine it > appears down but its actually not down because if walk over to the machine > down and up the network interface and reapply the firewall rules and then > try to ssh to it, it works. Doesn't happen on this one...and sounds more like a sh**ged network than a su bug. Are you on a dynamic IP? Maybe the firewall isn't refreshing it's ruleset when the IP changes? > which currently means I've no FreeBSD computer until I go and fix it. > Getting withdrawl simptons already. -- In any formula, constants (especially those obtained from handbooks) are to be treated as variables. Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message