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

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Date:	Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:34:38 -0600
From:	Joe Peterson <joe@...rush.com>
To:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
CC:	Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@...nline.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.25.3: su gets stuck for root

Vegard Nossum wrote:
> I'm not sure it is. Try adding sleep 3 instead. Because I have the
> "sleep 2" when I run "su foo" as well, and I _didn't_ put it there:
> 
> [pid  6298] execve("/bin/sleep", ["sleep", "2"], [/* 47 vars */]
> <unfinished ...>

Weird!  OK, I tried it with "sleep 3" in .bashrc, and it says
"...execve("/usr/bin/sleep", ["sleep", "3"], [/* 30 vars */]) = 0".
This sounds like what I'd expect.  I don't understand why you see a
sleep 2 when you did not have one in your config.....

	-Joe
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