Cisco: login using sudo causes message from "show system internal kernel memory global detail"
Summary: User login with a sudo account generates a scrolling message
Symptoms
User login with a sudo account when collecting "show system internal kernel memory global detail" results in scrolling message -
MDS# show system internal kernel memory global detail We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. Sorry, try again. Sorry, try again. Sorry, try again. sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility.
Symptoms:
symptom 1: NX-OS version is 8.3.2
symptom 2 - Customer logs in using a sudo account.
(sudo is a program for Unix-like computer operating systems that allows users to run programs with the security privileges of another user, by default the superuser. It originally stood for "superuser do")
symptom 3: command output requests "show system internal kernel memory global detail" (This is contained in a show tech-support details).
Cause
Cisco bug CSCvn95578
Resolution
No fix currently.
Workaround
Log in using admin account -
MDS# show system internal kernel memory global detail Application usage details: -------------------------- Memory for a process is divided into the stack, heap, I/O etc. as listed below. For each process the size
The issue is cosmetic but fills the collection file with several thousand lines of unrelated text.