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From: amos@taux01.nsc.com (Amos Shapir)
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Subject: Re: 'su username' in ksh occasionally hang [SunOS 4.0.x on Sparc]
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Date: 29 May 90 08:09:10 GMT
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In article <8194@brazos.Rice.edu> eho@clarity.princeton.edu (Eric Ho) writes:
>
>A way out is to do a ctrl-c to get out of su.  And if you want to try 'su
>usrname' later, you must logout entirely first, log back in and then you
>can do 'su username' again.

This symptom arises the suspicion that something is wrong with the ksh
environment (logging out & back resets it).  Check if you didn't manage to
create an alias or a function named 'su' - i.e. next time this happens, do
'type su' and check if it still points to /bin/su.  (Coming to think of
it, this may be a viral password-catcher planted in your home dir!)

	Amos Shapir		amos@taux01.nsc.com, amos@nsc.nsc.com
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