Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 15:24:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@keystone.westminster.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: su problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970803152402.5106E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970802201324.26721A-100000@keystone.westminster.edu>
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On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > OK, I'm trying to su and do something. The system's been working just > fine for a long time, I last logged in a few hours ago and su'd with no > problems, logged out to try out a change or two I'd made, and here's what > happens now: > {~} mortis:{102} %whoami > fullermd > {~} mortis:{103} %who am i > fullermd ttyp0 Aug 2 19:57 (:0.0) > {~} mortis:{104} %su > Alias loop. > {~} mortis:{105} %su root > Alias loop. This is a shell error. Did you modify your shell's aliases? Try running 'alias' and make sure everything is OK there. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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