On Tue, 21 Jan 1997 12:38:39 PST Ricardo Kleemann ([EMAIL PROTECTED] .com) wrote:
> recently I've been having problems going into root... > > When I do a 'su' and type in the passwd, it kicks me out with a "Broken pipe" > When this is happening, I also can't telnet into the machine; the telnet > session gets closed. > > What could be causing this? No idea :-) > Where could I look to diagnose the problem? (nothing unusual is showing up > in /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog). Try doing a `strace su' as root to see where is breaks... Strace is in the strace package. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]