> > Dear all, > > when I leave pick for a while (which is often necessary, given > it's still in cambridge), the load gradually increases, due to processes > like: > > 24227 man 17 10 624 624 484 R N 0 93.3 4.4 2975m sh > > They only start after I've read a man page (I think), and I also start > getting email like: > > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 16:23:00 +0100 (BST) > From: Cron Daemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> runq > > shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent > directories >
I don't know about the man problem, but this error message is what you get if you su <some user> in a directory where <some user> has no access permissions. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
