* Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-11-26 11:36]: > > However, here, I can as root, do an su amanda and become amanda to > the whois command, so there may be something else at work as I do > not have to supply the amanda passwd to become amanda from root.
I installed amanda from gentoo 2005 using portage. The password file contains this line: amanda:x:87:87:added by portage for amanda:/var/spool/amanda:/bin/false so it turns out to be the shell. I changed /bin/false to /bin/bash, and I can now "su" to amanda.
