Re: Kernel 2.3.49/51 and exec permissions
* Bob Hilliard (hilliard@flinet.com) [000313 07:44]:
> The Doctor What <docwhat@gerf.org> writes:
>
> > but not if I try to sudo to a non-root id (this is as root, note the #):
> > bash-2.04# sudo -u man bash
> > sudo: unable to exec /bin/bash: Permission denied
>
> This doesn't affect your main question, but you are using the
> wrong syntax for sudo. The -u option takes a username/uid argument.
> Your command is telling sudo to run bash as user man, who doesn't
> exist. sudo is normally run by a user (not root) who is listed in the
> file /etc/sudoers.
I'm sorry, but that is exactly what I was trying to do. Show that I
can become any user other than root. Here is the same command
working on a system without these problems:
gerf, 3:02PM Mon 13> sudo -u man bash
Password:
bash-2.03$ id
uid=6(man) gid=100(users) groups=100(users)
But thanks for trying to help.
Ciao!
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