Eric Martin wrote: > Tim wrote: >> Tonight, for no apparent reason, a problem has started cropping up when >> I 'sudo su'. The root shell will start up fine, but after the first time >> I hit a key, the shell terminates - apparently normally. A sample try >> looks like this (I begin to type "emerge", with little success): > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ sudo su >> wozniak tim # eexit >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ > >> This occurs no matter how long I wait before hitting a key. Using 'su' >> without the preceding 'sudo' will let me into a normal root shell >> without the problem occurring. The problem also occurs only in Konsole, >> not at a tty. I should mention, based on this, that I'm running KDE4. >> How might I go about fixing this? > Dumb question, why are you exec'ing /sudo su/? Why not just /su/ or /su > -/ or /sudo/ ? > I figured out how to execute 'sudo su' without a password before I figured out how to do the same with 'su'. I use sudo on a regular basis (e.g. sudo emerge -avu world) without trouble, including after this problem started, and su works too, it just adds the hassle of typing a root password.
I know, I know, my laziness is winning out over proper security, shame on me. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
