From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040312 Description of problem: From gnome-terminal, "su -l" on exit sometimes produces the following type of messages in /var/log/messages: Apr 21 20:00:48 fedora su(pam_unix)[7438]: session closed for user root Apr 21 20:00:48 fedora su[7438]: Warning! Could not relabel \2302^Q with user_u:object_r:user_devpts_t, not relabeling. (I have many of this type of message in the log. \230 is constant. Next characters vary.....). Rest of message constant. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): coreutils-5.2.1-6 How reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. gnome-terminal, su -l 2. exit 3. Additional info:
This message comes from pam.
The bug occurs when you kill the window without exiting first from "su -l". So, here's how to reproduce it: 1. as non-root user, within a gnome-terminal window, do "su -l" and enter correct password. 2. close the window without exiting from su shell. 3. examine /var/log/messages. You'll see warning message with corrupted text. Is this a NULL/dangling pointer?
Can't reproduce on pam-0.77-55.