Re: How do you...

[Vincent Bernat <bernat@free.fr>]

Le Wed Jan 03, 2001 at 11:40 -0800, 
wilton@daedilus.com <wilton@daedilus.com> disait :

> I'm trying to run a server as another user so that it doesn't run as root.
> I don't want to offer a shell on the account for fear that a security bug
> may be found.
> 
> I've read the man page for su and I've tried both -c and -m but neither one
> will work.  I use 'su -m jabber jabberd/jabberd' and it tells me that it
> can't execute the binary file, but if I place the -m after jabber then it
> tells me it can't login and gives the nologin message.  According to the man
> page I should just be able to 'su jabber -c jabberd/jabberd' but no luck.

If you place "-m" after the login, su launches /bin/nologin -m.
I use "su -m dnet /bin/sh /full/path/to/your/app"
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