Hi all,

I have a remote server and direct root access is disabled in that server for security reasons.So i first use to login as normal user and then switch to root user.

But the problem is when i login as normal user it logins with no problems,but when i switch to root user it prompts for root password and after giving the password it takes too much time around 2-3 minutes to login as root user.

Not sure what is exactly happening there, I have checked the processes and load through root user,every thing seems to be normal but could not identify the problem.

Your suggestions please.

Thanks in advance,
Dinesh.

To execute a command with root privileges do :
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What's your OS?

Do you get anything in /var/log/secure or /var/log/auth.log? Are your DNS resolvers working properly?

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Hi,

Thanks, My DNS resolvers were working properly and my /var/log/secure is clean no unauthorized logins.

my server is running centos.

Maybe it’s a sleep command in root’s ~/.bashrc

please post your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. If PAM auth is used please try to disable that.

Please try to enable direct root login and try to login as root directly without switching. Is the delay still there?

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I agree with Reuti, it may be a .bashrc problem (usually executs a script that takestime to run or stuff like that). Do not hesitate to check the .profile/.bash_profile too (in case you use su -).

Hi all,

Sorry for the delay, my .bashrc file seems to be normal.Actually the problem occurs only at the very first time when i switch as root user.

Then the second or next time if i switch to root user the process is fast and i can able to switch immediately as root.

If my bashrc is the problem i should face this problem all the time when switching to root right?

Let's not forget global /etc/profile as well.