[techtalk] Su slow?

[Linda Walsh]

What shell are you using?

root's scripts are generally in /root, though there can be global
scripts in /etc/profile.d that get called for everyone.

If you are using bash, you might look for a .bashrc to put a -x in ....
say first line is !#/bin/bash, just add the -x onto the end of the
line (preceeded by a space).

If you are using csh/tcsh, the files to look at are .login/.cshrc, but
I don't know the "+x" equiv for those.
-l

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-techtalk at linuxchix.org
> [mailto:owner-techtalk at linuxchix.org]On Behalf Of Sunnanvind
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 1:07 PM
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: Re: [techtalk] Su slow?
> 
> 
> On Thu, 03 Feb 2000, jdike at karaya.com wrote:
> > > When I hit the enter key after typing in the root password, it takes
> > > like a minute or so. That's much slower than before. 
> > 
> > Did you recently add any new stuff to root's .profile or anything?
> 
> I didn't, some trojan might've - where can I find the .profile?
> 
> You can tell I'm admignorant if I tried a find / -name .profile -print and
> didn't find it.
> I have no idea what the .profile is.
> 
> > Does the same thing happen if you su as root?
> 
> Only when I su *to* root, not when I su from root to
> Sunnan.
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