Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:56:19 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels - SSG <ChrisMic@sbservices.com> To: "'snowfox@Mcs.Net'" <snowfox@Mcs.Net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: su hangs Message-ID: <29C83908FF4FD2118D2C00A0C90FCB440873C3@site2s1>
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How long does it hang? Do you have kerberos installed? I had the same problem when I had kerberos install, SU would hang, sometimes for a full minute before giving me the password prompt. Try su -K to bypass the kerberos authentication. > -----Original Message----- > From: snowfox@Mcs.Net [SMTP:snowfox@Mcs.Net] > Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 4:30 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: su hangs > > I'm getting a strange behavior - > > On running 'su', the process never prints anything to the display, it > simply hangs, eating a little CPU time every now and again. ^C breaks > out just fine, but no 'su'. The following shows up via 'ps -U root'; > I'm another 'wheel' user at this point. > > 11208 p3 S<+ 0:00.20 su > > I'm running the current -STABLE, and the only notable thing I've done > since it last worked has been to leave X11R6 running back home before > trying to get in remotely. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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