>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Matt> The pam_mail module attempts to perform stat() of the mail Matt> location. If the mail location is NFS mounted and that Matt> server is unavailable, logins as any user (root included) Matt> will hang indefinitely (hampering attempts to umount the NFS Matt> mount etc). Matt> A solution would probably be alarm(10); before the stat() Matt> call in pam_mail.c I'm a bit concerned by having a library muck with signal handling state, but I agree this is probably the best that can be done. I'd be happy to look at a patch for this; I doubt I'll get to it myself. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]