Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 19:06:06 -0300 From: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> To: FreeBSD Security <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: su -c user command not working Message-ID: <20020323190605.B442@iib.unsam.edu.ar> In-Reply-To: <0GTE00CJ09PDMH@local.athabascau.ca>; from dmitry@athabascau.ca on Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 02:46:03PM -0700 References: <20020322165816.A561@iib.unsam.edu.ar> <0GTE005BP5MQBK@local.athabascau.ca> <20020322180540.C561@iib.unsam.edu.ar> <0GTE00CJ09PDMH@local.athabascau.ca>
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+----[ Dmitry S. Makovey (dmitry@athabascau.ca) dijo sobre "Re: su -c user command not working": | | On Friday 22 March 2002 14:05, you wrote: | > OK, OK, so now it's clear. But apparently su -m does not work either. | > It still intrigues me why the examples in the su(1) manpages | > explicitly mention cases where no shell is available and therefore, | > the example will not work! | | ~ # su -m www | ~ > whoami | www | ~ > grep www /etc/passwd | www:*:80:80:World Wide Web Owner:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin | ~ > | | maybe you are doing something else? :) | Good luck | +----] Yeah, maybe I was typing something wrong. su amanda -c "amcheck normal" didn't work, but su -m amanda -c "amcheck normal" did it. I was just putting things in the wrong order, like: su amanda -m ... or su -c amanda ... Now it's OK. Thanks to all who replied. Fernan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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