Re: 2.4.4 fork() problems (maybe)

From: Marc Schiffbauer (marc.schiffbauer@links2linux.de)
Date: Sat May 05 2001 - 15:37:44 EDT

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    * Magnus Naeslund(f) schrieb am 05.05.01 um 21:07 Uhr:
    > Hello, I saw that there was something changed on how fork() works, and
    > wonder if this could be the cause my problem.
    > When i do a "su - <user>" it just hangs.
    > When i run strace on it i see that it forks and wait()s on the child.
    >
    > Sometimes when i strace the su command it succeeds to give me a shell,
    > sometimes not.
    > But it allways fails when i don't strace it.
    >

    Hi Magnus,

    use 2.4.5-pre1 instead, Linus has undone the fork()-change for some
    reason ;-)

    Cheers
    -Marc 

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