RE: Unidentified subject!
Is your current directory on a NFS filesystem when you do su? Are you having
NFS problems at the same time? I've seen this problem in these circumstances
as the su tries to get the current directory but can't as the remote server
is down/unreachable. Hope this helps.
Rgds, Andy Chittenden
Email: Andrew.Chittenden@madge.com Fax: +44 1753 661011
WAVE Development, Madge Networks Ltd
Wexham Springs, Framewood Road, Wexham, Slough SL3 6PJ, England
> -----Original Message-----
> From: timothy@smasher.rs.itd.umich.edu
> [mailto:timothy@smasher.rs.itd.umich.edu]
> Sent: 20 October 1998 20:52
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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> Subject: Unidentified subject!
>
>
> Hi everyone!
> All of a sudden my root account seems to be quite
> broken. When I su to
> root and type in the password and hit enter, it just stops
> and doesn't do
> anything. I have to press Ctrl+C.
> If I try to login as root in another VC, it gets
>
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> Date: 19-Oct-98
> Time: 19:40:34
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