Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:47:52 +0200 From: Roman Ramirez Reply-To: patowc@encomix.es Organization: Intercomputer, S.A. To: tattooman@genocide2600.com Hello: I think I have found some kind of bug in "su" in Redhat linux versions( tested on Redhat 5.2 y Redhat 6.0 ) The problem seems to be when you logon into a Redhat system, with normal user priviledges( sample patowc: uid 512 gid 512 ) and enter a superuser session with "su". In that moment superuser kills your "su" session( kill -9 ) and it seems as the session is killed, but when you try to continue working randomly you get superuser priviledges again, and randomly you get into normal user priviledges... I think the problem could be in two points, in the way "su" manages the KILL signal, or in the way it works with the tty. 'Cause i have no time to investigate this, I think it could be interesting for you... Thx for your time... Greets -- Departamento de Seguridad - Intercomputer, S.A. mailto://rramirez@encomix.es http://www.encomix.es/users/patowc