[ale] Service account allows sudo but no login

[Derek Atkins]

Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> writes:

> These accounts can't be su'ed to :
> # grep nologin /etc/passwd
> bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin
> daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin
> adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/sbin/nologin
> lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/sbin/nologin
>
> # su - bin
> This account is currently not available.
> # su - lp
> This account is currently not available.

You could still su to these accounts by providing su a shell:

  su -s /bin/bash - bin

-derek

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