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Date:      Sat, 29 Dec 2001 10:17:43 +1300
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To:        Brian Hourigan <brianh@webair.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: su question/concern
Message-ID:  <20011229101743.B24652@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <20011228182837.T34176-100000@brazil.webair.com>; from brianh@webair.com on Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 06:33:55PM %2B0000
References:  <20011228182837.T34176-100000@brazil.webair.com>

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On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 06:33:55PM +0000, Brian Hourigan wrote:
> Good afternoon,
> 
> I have found some behavior of 'su' to be questionable.
> 
> Since it was out of my scroll buffer, I've typed my terminal session:
> 
> %/usr/bin/su
> Can't load /usr/lib/libutil-3.so
> %/usr/bin/su
> Can't load /usr/lib/libutil-3.so
> %/usr/bin/su
> Can't make pipe.
> %/usr/bin/su
> Can't make pipe.
> %/usr/bin/su
> You have mail.
> orion#

Check your system for a possible compromise. 'su' has a dependacy on
/usr/lib/libutil.so.3, and not /usr/lib/libutil-3.so. Check the
timestamp on "/usr/bin/su". I'd suggest a cvsup-rebuild as well.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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