Interesting. Try "ulimit -a". Any strange limits set? --Josh
> Josh Wilmes wrote: > > > >Are you possibly out of memory? (perhaps a process has run away and gobbl ed > > > >it up)? > > No; the problem is only if I try to get an interactive su session: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat /proc/meminfo > total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: > Mem: 131403776 123076608 8327168 54677504 4624384 49696768 > Swap: 269676544 44146688 225529856 > MemTotal: 128324 kB > MemFree: 8132 kB > MemShared: 53396 kB > Buffers: 4516 kB > Cached: 48532 kB > SwapTotal: 263356 kB > SwapFree: 220244 kB > [EMAIL PROTECTED] su -c ls > Password: > 0.0=1.29172.exmh exmh.1563.html filevV2bSY pg7 > ... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] su > Password: > linda:/tmp# ls > bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable > linda:/tmp# cd > linda:~# > > but, as you see, shell built-ins still work. > > > -- > Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver > PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 > ======================================== > "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, > patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, > gentleness, self control; against such there is no > law." Galatians 5:22,23 > >
