Bug#314727: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#314727: login: suspend command from su shell fails to return to parent shell

[Christian Perrier]

severity 314727 normal
tags 314727 confirmed
thanks

Quoting Ned Patterson (ned.patterson@gmail.com):
> Package: login
> Version: 1:4.0.3-35
> Severity: important
> 
> After using /bin/su to change to either the super user or another user, 
> the bash 'suspend' command fails to work properly.  It does stop the
> process, but it fails to return control to the parent shell.  Once
> stopped, it moves the cursor to a new line, but does not echo any
> characters typed.  Bash 'suspend' command does work correctly from a
> new bash process started without the su command.  (i.e. just running
> bash from the user prompt.)
> 
> The stopped process can be resumed by sending the -CONT signal from
> another terminal.

I really fail to see why this "has a major effect on the usability of
a package, without rendering it completely unusable to everyone."...:-)

Apart from this, I hope that other shadow package maintainers will be
able to investigate this. I can reproduce what you describe actually.

Tomasz, you also might want to have a look at it.