Lukas Nellen wrote: > > >>>>> "E" == Erick Branderhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > E> I have a problem with root login again. All other logins are fine, > E> but root login is waiting after I typed the password. Even > E> su isn't working anymore. I updtated some packages, including > E> a few from Incoming this morning, after reboot, this behaviour > E> is present. Sound familiar, a solution? > > My impression is that this kind of behaviour occurs while the syslogd > is busy logging all the boot messages. When that happens, su and root > logins wait for their turn to record the root access in auth.log. >
I think when I had this problem, I logged on as an ordinary user, and then su to root after a wait. So I am not sure whether it is connected with syslogd. I suppose the simplest way for Erick to check this is to disable the logging of kernel messages by editing the line for /var/adm/messages in /etc/syslog.conf to contain kernel.none. --Derek Lee
