Bug 2186

Summary:	su - username generates Segmentation fault
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Jaroslaw Sosnicki <slavko>
Component:	bash	Assignee:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.0	CC:	slavko
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Description Jaroslaw Sosnicki 1999-04-15 03:51:17 UTC

When I upgraded from 5.9.8.1 to 5.9.9 I am getting
Segmentation fault when using su - username logged in as
root.
I can do as root: su userid without errors, also I can do
su - userid form other users without errors.

Lookus like a bug to me...

Comment 1 Michael K. Johnson 1999-04-15 15:37:59 UTC

I've fixed a lot of potential segfaults (including some we saw
happen) in the pam_xauth module that is included in pam-0.66-14
and I'm not able to reproduce this, so I will assume that this
is fixed.  If this was happening in X, then I probably fixed it;
if it was happening from the console, then I almost assuredly
fixed it.

If you can reproduce this bug with pam-0.66-14 or later, please
reopen this bug with the version of pam you are using, the version
of sh-utils, and the output of the env command before running the
su - username
Thanks!

Comment 2 Jaroslaw Sosnicki 1999-04-16 22:07:59 UTC

Where do I find pam-0.66-14...

It is not part of 5.9.9

Comment 3 Michael K. Johnson 1999-04-17 16:29:59 UTC

There were two bugs, one hiding the other.  The one was fixed in
0.66-14, the other in 0.66-15.