> Does the extra shell stay around with daemon and the pager or does it > terminate? "ps" doesn't report any shells staying around after invoking the modified console-log script. So I think it terminates.
> Would increasing the ulimit help as well? Yes. On my system setting ulimit to 29000kB appears to be the minimum. However I could imaging that this might dependent on, e.g., how many pam modules are loaded when invoking "su". BTW: On my Debian/testing amd64 system "ps" reports VSZ RSS TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 28588 1208 pts/4 S 0:00 su on a Debian/testing i386 system VSZ RSS TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 4144 1036 pts/1 S 0:00 su Cheers, Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]