[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#476519: Bug#476519: su - nobody sometimes logged back out instantly

[Sven Joachim]

On 2008-05-13 13:38 +0200, Nicolas François wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 05:23:48PM +0800, jidanni at jidanni.org wrote:
>> 
>> Sometimes just after I do "su - nobody", I get instantly logged back out.
>> It's like I accidentally sent a ^D to the shell.
>> 
>> # su - nobody
>> No directory, logging in with HOME=/
>> nobody at jidanni1:/$ logout <--------------I did not type this.
>
> I received a similar bug report:
>  http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-shadow-devel/2008-May/006585.html
>  http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-shadow-devel/2008-May/006587.html
>
> It was reported to appear on kernel 2.6.24.5 and 2.6.25, on i386
> single processor systems.
>
> It was reported to be OK with kernel 2.6.18, 2.6.23.16 or on x86_84 or on
> multi-processor systems.
>
> Jidanni and Sven, do you see similarities in your configuration and the
> ones used by Siim (mentioned in the above links)

Yes, I have kernel 2.6.24.6 and an i386 single processor system.  Can
try different kernels, but no SMP or 64 bit system -- unless you send me
the money to buy one, that is. ;-)

Sven