On 7/4/06, Mandar Mitra <mandar.mitra@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm using SuSE 10.0. When I switch to root mode using "su", and in root mode, do:

# cd /foo/bar/xyz<tab>

to complete a directory name, then I am automatically thrown out of root mode, and get back my own user prompt, like so:

# cd /foo/bar/xyzlocalhost%

This happens only if my login shell is tcsh, not if it is bash. Also, this does not happen if I do "su -", but this puts me in /root instead of the current directory.

Is this a known issue? Are there are any fixes?

Thanks, Mandar.

Mandar, I have not seen this discussed on this list before, but I have certainly seen similar issues. In particular I have half a dozen lab machines I log into as root all the time without X running at all (save me the histerics, its a lab machine and I need full priviledges because I'm manipulating hardware (disks/tapes/usb devices/etc.)). On these lab machines attempting tab-completion often logs my terminal session out. Not always, and I have not figured out the rhyme or reason to the madness. OTOH, if I start a terminal session from within a X-windows environment I don't recall it ever happening. FYI: I have been experincing this for a couple years at least, so it is not a recently introduced problem from my perspective. Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com