linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25.3: su gets stuck for root

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Message-ID: <20080514183558.40178fe5@core>
Date:	Wed, 14 May 2008 18:35:58 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	"Vegard Nossum" <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
Cc:	"Harald Dunkel" <harald.dunkel@...nline.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.25.3: su gets stuck for root

> If I run "su someuser" as root, then it gets stuck. No prompt. I cannot
> interrupt it with ^C or ^Z either. /var/log/auth.log says:

Is it then killable remotely, can you gdb it ?


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