[F8] Python's libuser.get_user_shells() hangs. GDM Greeter, setroubleshootd, sealert was hanging.
Daniel B. Thurman
dant at cdkkt.com
Tue Dec 18 00:14:02 UTC 2007
I have been working with John Dennis @ Redhat and we have
both found that python's libuser.get_user_shells() function
will hang if there is a line entry added to the end of the
/etc/shells file with no newline.
We had found that setroubleshootd, sealert, GDM greeter, and
perhaps other programs that uses this python function will
also hang.
The specific line-item that was found in that file was:
/SENDMAIL/ANY/SHELLS/
It is not known if this was added due to the installation of
sendmail, postfix, or ISPConfig. The simple fix was to remove
this strange line-item or to ensure there is a newline at the
last entry of the /etc/shells file.
My previous postings regarding GDM Greeter, setroubleshooter
and sealert all running over 90% of CPU is now resolved due
to the use of the aforementioned python module/function.
I am not sure if Dennis will file a bug-report against the
libuser.get_user_shells() function.
Kind regards,
Dan
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