[techtalk] Su slow?

[Bad Mojo]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Sunnanvind wrote:
> No, I hadn't -  I ran a top after I got this mail, and the processes looked
> fine, but it says "6 users"... it usually says 3 or 5 users... I don't know
> anything about this topic, really.
> Sunnan

I would examine your passwd file by hand. I prefer the gut instinct method
of troubleshooting when looking for solutions to odd problems. Just out of
curiosity, what is the load average when you do a su?

Bad Mojo <RPS Figurehead, ThinkPad Pope, SysAdmin>
ICQ:4722638|AIM:BadMojo000|http://www.rps.net/mojo
"I'm certain I don't know what I'm talking about."


************
techtalk at linuxchix.org   http://www.linuxchix.org