On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Laurie Savage wrote:
> What does the message
> "file size exceeded"
> mean when I try to su? I hadn't got as far as doing anything to a file and
Laurie,
Sounds like a job fore 'strace'. It traces system calls.
Try 'strace -o log su ....' . You may need to do it as root so SUID
works. The answer should be in the log. Search for the error message, and
look what happened before it.
Then tell everyone how useful strace is!
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