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From: diamant@hpfclp.HP.COM (John Diamant)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: uwm problem
Message-ID: <9740002@hpfclp.HP.COM>
Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 19:59:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 22 19:59:06 1987
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> create a new xterm window (using the V6.6 xterm) on the screen. Everything
> works until I try to "switch user" ('su') at which point I get the "Sorry"
> message before I even get prompted for the password.
> 
> 	David McCallie
> 	Children's Hospital
> 	...harvard!hscfvax!{dpm, beamlab}

I don't know what uwm might be doing, but I have seen this su problem before.
It occurs when another process is trying to read from your tty (pty) at the
same time as the su.  The su never sees any input and somehow thinks you
already typed something.  Look for processes that are hanging or to see
if the xterm is starting up correctly.

John Diamant	TSBU	diamant@hpfclp or hpfclp!diamant