Select Your Language

Infrastructure and Management

Cloud Computing

Storage

Runtimes

Integration and Automation

  • Comments
  • Segmentation fault on root login

    Posted on

    With bash: [: : integer expression expected message.

    Reason of crash

    bash killed by SIGSEGV

    When it happens:

    the first few times I open bash;
    every time on 'sudo -s';
    every time on 'su root', but never on 'su username';
    every time on 'su';
    never on 'sudo command' (I just type in the password)

    'Ctrl + C' few seconds after entering the password in 'sudo -s' will get me logged in as root, but if I wait I get the segmentation fault, and stay as a normal user.
    Also, sometimes, I would get a prompt to enter root password to 'see others problems' (in ABRT GUI).

    Things that could have could have caused it:

    I was configuring my root's user variables, and some where pointing to the same directory twice;
    I have had problems with opening account setting for some time, it would hang and ask me to kill the process or wait;
    Enabling automatic login in account settings;

    Nothing was installed or updated that day;
    Laptop fan speeds up for a bit when I run one of the above.

    Linux newbie using RHEL 7.5 because some development tools are not available on Ubuntu.

    FIXED !

    It was in the root's .bashrc! I was looking as root into /home/username/.bashrc
    The line that caused all this was ". ~/bash_profile"
    I was confused when which file gets read.

    by

    points

    Responses

    Red Hat LinkedIn YouTube Facebook X, formerly Twitter

    Quick Links

    Help

    Site Info

    Related Sites

    © 2026 Red Hat