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Tam Nguyen <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 27 Aug 2001 14:59:23 -0700
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Jim Toth wrote:
> > In "go" script, it tried to "su listserv -c ./go" (as I was running as root in
> > chroot), that's when it failed because it could not su to listserv.
>
> Couldn't you put in a stub /etc/passwd in your chrooted environment
> that includes the listserv user?

I did, but since I had /usr/bin/true instead of, say /bin/csh, in the shell
field for user "listserv" in chrooted /etc/passwd, that's why it couldn't su.
It probably should have worked if I use regular shells.

Tam

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