[OpenAFS] significant delay for afs user to login as root via su

ematlis@yahoo.com ematlis@yahoo.com
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:27:08 -0700 (PDT)


Interesting-=0A=0AThere is no pam_xauth file, but there was instances of =
=0A"session  optional  pam_xauth.so"=0Ain su, config-util,run_init,selinux-=
polgengui,system-config-selinux, and yumex-yum-backend, all in /etc/pam.d.=
=0A=0AWhen I comment the version in su, the delay went away!=0A=0AI still g=
et:=0A=0AX11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.=0Axhost: =
 unable to open display "localhost:10.0"=0A=0Aand I cannot start a process =
that has a graphical component:=0A[root@aerogold ematlis]# gv=0AX11 connect=
ion rejected because of wrong authentication.=0Agv: Unable to open the disp=
lay.=0A=0ASo, should I just leave pam_xauth uncommented, or apply some twea=
k somewhere?=0A=0Athanks much,=0Aeric=0A=0A=0A--- On Thu, 3/18/10, Ken Horn=
stein <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:=0A=0A> From: Ken Hornstein <kenh@cmf.n=
rl.navy.mil>=0A> Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] significant delay for afs user to l=
ogin as root via su=0A> To: ematlis@yahoo.com=0A> Cc: openafs-info@openafs.=
org=0A> Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 8:10 AM=0A> >Just as another data p=
oint, when=0A> I try to su from a local account,=0A> >I experience no delay=
 but /var/log/debug gives exactly=0A> the same output.=0A> =0A> Humor me fo=
r a minute.=0A> =0A> There should be in one of your pam config files a modu=
le=0A> called "pam_xauth"=0A> or something similar.=A0 Try commenting it ou=
t and see=0A> if that makes a=0A> difference.=0A> =0A> --Ken=0A> =0A=0A=0A =