One thing you could do is to make that sleep like 30 seconds, find that pid, then use the AIX truss command against it while it's sleeping, and see what bombs.
When they drop to AIX, are they in the directory specified in /etc/passwd, or somewhere else? > Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:26:16 -0600 > From: ka...@ourldsfamily.com > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: [U2] Not Consistent Failure > > When ever I see someone post something that can't be replicated because > it's inconsistent, I wonder what the answer is going to be. > > So, here goes: > > I have a client that has started experiencing a login anomaly. First, the > use telnet, and second, they don't have passwords at the Unix level. > > They are on AIX 5.2.0.0 with Universe 10.2.12 > > The things I've seen are: > > - the session doesn't make it into UV for their password prompt but drops > straight to Unix. > > - I've checked permissions at various locations and at various levels. > > - I've commented out various parts of both /etc/profile and > /u1/ACCT/.profile with no consistent noticeable change. > > - I've checked UV.LOGIN and ACCT > LOGIN as well and nothing has changed > in either place, and they are performing minimal tasks. > > - I've added a sleep just before exec /u1/uv/bin/uv plus changed uv to > uvsh to see if that mattered. It didn't change the failures. > > - Failures are either on the 2nd login, 4th login, 3rd and 4th, 6th and > 7th, 2nd and 3rd and 5th or whenever the pattern can't be matched... > > In other words, there's no rhyme or reason that can be applied to this > failure. > > This is a real head-scratcher for me and I'm hoping someone has seen this > or has something to offer. > > TIA > > --- > Karl Pearson > ka...@ourldsfamily.com > Owner/Administrator of the sites at > http://ourldsfamily.com > --- > "To mess up your Linux PC, you have to really work at it; > to mess up a microsoft PC you just have to work on it." > --- > Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have > for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. > --Benjamin Franklin > --- > Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually > repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. > --- > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/210850553/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
