Bug#396241: login: Executing su cause an "invalid pointer" error

2007-04-15 Thread Nicolas François
Hi, On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 09:23:31PM +0200, Frederic Schutz wrote: > > Yes, I am still able to reproduce it, and I am happy to believe that a > PAM module is responsible, but I have no idea which one -- and I am not > able to "play" too much with the configuration (this is a server in > prod

Bug#396241: login: Executing su cause an "invalid pointer" error

2007-04-15 Thread Nicolas François
Hello Frederic, On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 08:17:23PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Nicolas François wrote: > > Hi Nicolas, > > > Do you have any news on this bug: > > I was away from this computer this week but will come back to it on Monday. > > However: > > >> Can you also try "su - root"

Bug#396241: login: Executing su cause an "invalid pointer" error

2006-11-10 Thread Frederic Schutz
Nicolas François wrote: Hi Nicolas, > Do you have any news on this bug: I was away from this computer this week but will come back to it on Monday. However: >> Can you also try "su - root" from a root account? I tried this and it worked without problem. I'll get the other information next we

Bug#396241: login: Executing su cause an "invalid pointer" error

2006-11-10 Thread Nicolas François
Hello Frederic, Do you have any news on this bug: On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 01:37:01PM +0100, Nicolas François wrote: > Hello Frédéric, > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:01:07AM +0100, Frederic Schutz wrote: > > > > >So, the question is: what is so special on *your* system that it > > >happens ther

Bug#396241: login: Executing su cause an "invalid pointer" error

2006-10-31 Thread Nicolas François
Hello Frédéric, On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:01:07AM +0100, Frederic Schutz wrote: > > >So, the question is: what is so special on *your* system that it > >happens there. > > Nothing that I know or can think of. It is a relatively large Dell > server, with a pure testing install with no backport

Bug#396241: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#396241: login: Executing su cause an "invalid pointer" error

2006-10-31 Thread Frederic Schutz
Christian Perrier wrote: I almost picked an RC severity for this bug, but did not (for now) because I can still login using ssh. Thankfully you didn't as this obviously doesn't happen on all systems, mine first. Yeah, I thought so, otherwise it would have been seen before. So, the question

Bug#396241: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#396241: login: Executing su cause an "invalid pointer" error

2006-10-30 Thread Christian Perrier
> I almost picked an RC severity for this bug, but did not (for now) because > I can still login using ssh. Thankfully you didn't as this obviously doesn't happen on all systems, mine first. So, the question is: what is so special on *your* system that it happens there. signature.asc Descript

Bug#396241: login: Executing su cause an "invalid pointer" error

2006-10-30 Thread Frederic Schutz
Package: login Version: 1:4.0.18.1-5 Severity: important Executing "su" yields an "invalid pointer" error. This is what happens if the password entered is correct: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su - root Password: *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0xbfec0120 *** *** glibc detected