Thanks much. This works great.

--Radhika

> In message <20060323042258.GJ16528@azeotrope.org>, Dave Huang writes:
>>On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 10:08:18PM -0600, Peter Seebach wrote:
>>> In message <57704.127.0.0.1.1143086361.squirrel@www.88thstreet.com>,
>>> "radhika"
>>> writes:
>>> >I tried it and get this message:
>>> >>su root bash
>>> >>Password:
>>> >>sh: Can't open bash
>>>
>>> Do you have bash installed?
>>
>>Isn't it
>>
>>su root -c bash
>
> ARGH!
>
> You are of course correct.  Sort of.  See, the "-c bash" isn't really a
> su argument; it's being passed to the shell.
>
> On consideration, it's obvious that this has to be the case, because
> otherwise
> you'd be able to override an account's shell (say, an account that
> intentionally has nologin as a shell).
>
> -s
>


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