Regarding my problem with login/passwd/su failing, I've tracked it a bit further. It seems that getpass() is failing, and more, that it's actually /dev/tty that's completely screwed up.
Symptoms: $ echo howdy > /dev/tty $ cat /dev/tty howdy $ cat /dev/tty howdy $ That is, the first echo has no output, but each successive cat will print the output. This is contrary to a well running unix system, where the first echo will print to the tty, and a cat /dev/tty will block. I've verified this under 2.1.55 and 2.0.30. I have a mix of hamm and bo. Further hints? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
