Run as different user

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On a RedHat system, i'm trying to launch a program with a different user who dont have any shell. In /etc/passwd, shell is /sbin/nologin.

I have tried:

su myuser -c /home/myuser/script.sh Result: This account is currently not available.
With chown and setuid: chown myuser:mygroup /home/myuser/script.sh chmod +s /home/myuser/script.sh /home/myuser/script.sh Result: script.sh is still executed as my signed in user (root).

Mario · Answer 1 · 2012-01-17 14:20:59Z

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try:

su myuser -s /bin/sh -c /home/myuser/script.sh

answered Jan 17 at 14:20

Mario
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Thanks you. It works! It was simple... :) – Karl Jan 17 at 14:33

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rkosegi · Answer 2 · 2012-01-17 14:12:37Z

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this error means that in /etc/passwd you have set shell /sbin/nologin or /sbin/false for user myuser.

Please set something usefull like /bin/bash

answered Jan 17 at 14:12

	That's what the OP already posted was happening; OP is asking if there's a way to run the program despite the username having no shell. – Bart Silverstrim Jan 17 at 14:13
	Yes... It is the question in fact. I would like to know if it is possible to run a script as a different user, without setting a shell in /etc/passwd – Karl Jan 17 at 14:15
	You can not do it using script if user have shell like this. – rkosegi Jan 17 at 14:17

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