Run as different user

Question

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).

Are you running the `su` as root or an unprivileged user? – James O'Gorman Jan 17 '12 at 14:23 — James O'Gorman, Jan 17 '12 at 14:23

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 17 '12 at 14:20

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try:

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

answered Jan 17 '12 at 14:20

mrc

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 17 '12 at 14:12

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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 '12 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 '12 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 '12 at 14:15
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You can not do it using script if user have shell like this. – Jan 17 '12 at 14:17

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