Re: [gentoo-user] Re: executing a command as a nologin user

[Fernando Rodriguez]

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On 07/15/2016 09:45 AM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
> On 07/14/2016 09:36 PM, Jonathan Callen wrote:
>> On 07/14/2016 05:19 PM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
>>> On 07/13/2016 01:41 PM, wabe wrote:
 Fernando Rodriguez  wrote:
>>>
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> On 07/13/2016 07:10 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 12/07/2016 03:47, jens w wrote:  
>>> .procmailrc
>>> :0 c
>>> * !^X-Loop: n...@example.com  
>>> | formail -X "From:" | $HOME/bin/script.sh  
>>>
>>> procmail.log
>>> procmail: Executing " formail -X "From:" | $HOME/bin/script.sh
>>>
>>> for incoming mail, a script is executed. logfile has the same
>>> entry as it is in other users. but the script do nothing.
>>>
>>> How executing a command as a nologin user?
>>>  
>>
>>
>> You can't, not the way you are doing it.
>> You want to launch a shell script for the user, but the user's
>> shell is /sbin/nologin. This exits immediately without launching
>> the script.
>>
>> Give the user a real shell.
>>
>> Alan
>>   
>
> I've been following this thread and thinking the same thing but
> wasn't sure.
>
> What if you invoke the shell directly instead of the script, either:
> /bin/sh -c "" or /bin/sh -c "$(cat 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: executing a command as a nologin user

[Fernando Rodriguez]

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On 07/14/2016 09:36 PM, Jonathan Callen wrote:
> On 07/14/2016 05:19 PM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
>> On 07/13/2016 01:41 PM, wabe wrote:
>>> Fernando Rodriguez  wrote:
>>
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 On 07/13/2016 07:10 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 12/07/2016 03:47, jens w wrote:  
>> .procmailrc
>> :0 c
>> * !^X-Loop: n...@example.com  
>> | formail -X "From:" | $HOME/bin/script.sh  
>>
>> procmail.log
>> procmail: Executing " formail -X "From:" | $HOME/bin/script.sh
>>
>> for incoming mail, a script is executed. logfile has the same
>> entry as it is in other users. but the script do nothing.
>>
>> How executing a command as a nologin user?
>>  
>
>
> You can't, not the way you are doing it.
> You want to launch a shell script for the user, but the user's
> shell is /sbin/nologin. This exits immediately without launching
> the script.
>
> Give the user a real shell.
>
> Alan
>   

 I've been following this thread and thinking the same thing but
 wasn't sure.

 What if you invoke the shell directly instead of the script, either:
 /bin/sh -c "" or /bin/sh -c "$(cat 

[gentoo-user] Re: executing a command as a nologin user

[Jonathan Callen]

On 07/14/2016 05:19 PM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
> On 07/13/2016 01:41 PM, wabe wrote:
>> Fernando Rodriguez  wrote:
> 
>>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
>>> Hash: SHA256
>>>
>>> On 07/13/2016 07:10 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
 On 12/07/2016 03:47, jens w wrote:  
> .procmailrc
> :0 c
> * !^X-Loop: n...@example.com  
> | formail -X "From:" | $HOME/bin/script.sh  
>
> procmail.log
> procmail: Executing " formail -X "From:" | $HOME/bin/script.sh
>
> for incoming mail, a script is executed. logfile has the same
> entry as it is in other users. but the script do nothing.
>
> How executing a command as a nologin user?
>  


 You can't, not the way you are doing it.
 You want to launch a shell script for the user, but the user's
 shell is /sbin/nologin. This exits immediately without launching
 the script.

 Give the user a real shell.

 Alan
   
>>>
>>> I've been following this thread and thinking the same thing but
>>> wasn't sure.
>>>
>>> What if you invoke the shell directly instead of the script, either:
>>> /bin/sh -c "" or /bin/sh -c "$(cat