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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15:17 +0100
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Is su supposed to work?  When I try from an unprivileged account
I get:

michael> su addmini
Password:
su: /bin/bash: Permission denied


michael> procps -ef
UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
michael   7580     1  0 Nov28 tty0     00:00:11 /usr/bin/rxvt -sb -sl 1024  
-geom
michael   7260  7580  0 Nov28 tty0     00:00:00 -bash
michael   8100  7260  0 Nov28 tty0     00:00:00 procps -ef


This also happens if I run su from a privileged account (started via runas  
 from a
windows shortcut) and try to switch to an unprivileged one:


[AddMini AT orion ~]$ su michael
Password:
su: /bin/bash: Permission denied
[AddMini AT orion ~]$


I can also play that game via login:


[AddMini AT orion ~]$ login
login: michael
Password:
       ____________________,              
______________________________________
    .QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQL_          
|                                      |
  .gQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ__    
|                                      |
  gQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ==   |                     
_.---.)           |
  QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQF=         |          (^--^)_.-"       
`;          |
  QQQQQQQQQ================!            |          ) ee (            
|          |
  QQQQQQQQ                              |         (_.__._)          
/           |
  QQQQQQQQ                              |           `--',         
,'            |
  QQQQQQQQ     ~"jjj__,                 |            jgs  
)_|--')_|             |
  QQQQQQQQ       "jjjjjjjjjj___         |                ""'    
""'             |
  QQQQQQQQ        ~jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj__   
|                                      |
  QQQQQQQQ        _jjjjjjjjjjjjjj/~~~~  |      The Hippo says: Welcome  
to      |
  QQQQQQQQ      .{jjjjjjj/~~~~~         |                              
_        |
  QQQQQQQQ     .{/~~~~`                 |  ____  _   _   ____  _ _ _ (_)  
____  |
  QQQQQQQQ                              | / ___)| | | | / _  || | | || ||   
_ \ |
  QQQQQQQQ                              |( (___ | |_| |( (_| || | | || || |  
| ||
  QQQQQQQQQL_______________,            | \____) \__  | \___ | \___/ |_||_|  
|_||
  QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQL___       |        (___/   
(____|                 |
  4QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ___   
|                                      |
  (=QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ====   |       -.-. -.-- --. .-- ..  
-.        |
    (QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQF=          
|______________________________________|

login: no shell: /bin/bash: Permission denied

AddMini AT orion ~
$


Thanks,
Michael

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