Re: Problem with "su -" and kernels 2.4.3-ac11 and higher

Bill Nottingham (notting@redhat.com)
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:53:32 -0400

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Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) said:
> > > Did you try nesting more than one "su -"? The first one after a boot
> > > works for me - every other one fails.
> >
> > Same here: the first "su -" works OK, but a second nested one hangs:
>
> It appears to be a bug in PAM. Someone seems to reply on parent/child running
> order and just got caught out

I'm not so sure; this hang is already after all the authentication is
done.

Bill
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