Re: [cobalt-users] Related to telent/shell

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> >>Or just open /etc/passwd with your favorite editor...
> >Seems like a RaQ4 uses badsh or something similar for user that
> >>don't have sheell access.
> >>I don't have a RaQ4 on line to look at!
> >>Gerald
> Thank you much.  Yes i found in the /etc/passwd file.. it is *badsh*.  But
> still i am little bit confused that when the site as no *telnet/shell*
access,
> then how the other users got the *bash* permission.

> Anyway that means if i want to use as root *su - user* then I need to
change in
> hte /etc/passwd , then it will work...
> -Swapna

nope...  you just use the -s option to specify a shell...  for example...

[root redhat]# /bin/su -s /bin/bash username

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