[rabbitmq-discuss] [rabbitmq] /var/log/messages flooded with su: (to rabbitmq) root on none

[Narasappa, Usha]

Hi,

You were right in pointing out that the /etc/security/* files had ^H characters.
Removing the ^H characters has helped in getting rid of " linux su: pam_limits(su:session): invalid line '^H' - skipped".

The following messages still keep flooding the /var/log/messages:

Oct 28 06:31:09 linux su: (to rabbitmq) root on none
Oct 28 06:31:24 linux su: (to rabbitmq) root on none
Oct 28 06:31:39 linux su: (to rabbitmq) root on none
Oct 28 06:31:54 linux su: (to rabbitmq) root on none

Any idea about the reason and how to get rid of these messages?

Thanks,
Usha

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Klishin [mailto:mklishin at gopivotal.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:00 PM
To: Discussions about RabbitMQ
Cc: Narasappa, Usha
Subject: Re: [rabbitmq-discuss] [rabbitmq] /var/log/messages flooded with su: (to rabbitmq) root on none

On 24 Oct 2013, at 20:19, Narasappa, Usha <usha.narasappa at emc.com> wrote:

> Oct 23 05:32:29 director-1-1-a su: pam_limits(su:session): invalid 
> line '^H' - skipped Oct 23 05:32:44 director-1-1-a su: (to rabbitmq) 
> root on none

This question was replied to a couple of days ago: please verify that your /etc/security/* files do not have ^H in them [1].

RabbitMQ process runs as `rabbitmq` and does not do anything unsual:
it starts rabbitmq-server with a preconfigured environment.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backspace#.5EH

MK