Howard Roberts wrote:
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 11:03 +0100, Chris Lale wrote:
Howard Roberts wrote:
Chris,
Today I did an apt-get update on my debian unstable system and began
experiencing the same problems you mentioned in the debian mailing list
with su.
I wondered if you've made any headway?
Thanks,
Howard
Hello Howard.
Thanks for your reply. I am keeping this on the list and cc-ing you.
I have just upgraded unstable again (Friday 7th October) and the problem
persists. During the upgrade I noticed that the package 'eject' made the
same complaint, even though I was already running as root (unknown items
'QUOTAS_ENAB', 'NOLOGIN_STR', 'ENV_HZ', 'PASS_MAX_LEN', 'CHFN_AUTH'
and 'CLOSE_SESSIONS').
Perhaps these errors are not directly caused by su? Could they be items
expected in the kernel? I am running kernel 2.6.8-2-386. I see that
2.6.12 is available in unstable. Which kernel are you running?
Chris.
Chris,
I am using 2.6.10-1-k7. However, after I mailed you I found a reference
to this problem elsewhere that implicated the login package. Right or
wrong, I edited /etc/login.defs and commented out all references to the
above variables and all seems well now.
HTH,
Howard
Thanks Howard - it works for me too!
However, all these items exist quite happily in /etc/login.defs on my
stable Sarge 3.1 system. I cannot see anything about this problem with
the login package in the Debian bug tracking system. Where did you find
the reference to the problem with the login package?
Regards,
Chris.
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