On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 09:49:48PM +1000, Alex R typed: > Hi Ruben, > > Output is as follows: > > /usr/bin/su: > libutil.so.7 => /lib/libutil.so.7 (0x800635000) > libpam.so.4 => /usr/lib/libpam.so.4 (0x800744000) > libbsm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libbsm.so.2 (0x80084c000) > libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x800962000)
That's normal. Shall I take a guess? You changed root's shell to bash! bash uses libintl, and will be invoked by the "su -m $ppp_user" in /etc/rc.d/ppp Yet another good reason not to change root's default shell :D cheers, Ruben > Ruben de Groot wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 06:20:00PM +1000, Alex R typed: > > > >>Hi Guys, > >> > >>I ran into the same problem as this person did (see the link below): > >> > >>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg24337.html > >> > >>ppp starts fine if invoked from shell prompt, however the problem above > >>occurs for me when I attempt to start it automatically at boot via > >>/etc/rc.conf > >> > >>Funnily enough, the solution presented in that article seems to fix the > >>issue.. But why? This problem is very easy to reproduce, how could it > >>have been overlooked? I just happened to find the article in the link > >>above, out of desperation, it's not good that I had to Google for a > >>solution. > >> > > > >What's the output of the command > > > >ldd `which su` > > > >? > > > > > >>Is the solution given "safe"? Should I open a PR? > >> > >>Alex > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>[email protected] mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>"[email protected]" > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
