Re: [Vserver] sparc vserver issues

From: Matt Kulka <mkulka_at_easynews.com>
Date: Thu 25 Jan 2007 - 20:57:50 GMT
Message-Id: <C88DEE5D-5B62-49BD-B985-D3C7F99370B1@easynews.com>

On Jan 25, 2007, at 3:04 AM, Daniel Hokka Zakrisson wrote:

> Matt Kulka wrote:
>>
>> Issue #2:
>> In the vserver, su is unable to change to any user. Doing so results
>> in the following error
>>
>> su: Permission denied
>>
>> The following is shown in /var/log/messages:
>> Jan 23 13:26:27 su[6123]: Successful su for dude by root
>> Jan 23 13:26:27 su[6123]: + pts/2 root:dude
>> Jan 23 13:26:27 su(pam_unix)[6123]: session opened for user dude by
>> (uid=0)
>> Jan 23 13:26:27 su[6123]: pam_open_session: Permission denied
>>
>> A log of strace for su - can be found at http://www.lqx.net/~matt/
>> sparc-vserver/su.log
>
> Try lowering the limits in your guest's /etc/security/limits.conf,
> alternatively remove pam_limits.so from your pam configuration to
> see if
> that fixes it.

Huh, that's very odd. My limits.conf was completely commented and it
didn't work, but removing pam_limits.so from the various pam configs
fixed it. Would it be logical to conclude a bug in pam_limits.so then?

>
>> Issue #3:
>> The vserver is unable to be shutdown cleanly due to mounted nfs
>> mounts. Stopping the vserver produces this error message:
>
> This is a known mainline problem. I've notified (who I think are) the
> correct people, hopefully we'll get a fix soon.

Excellent!

Thanks for your help!

Matt Kulka
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