Bash cannot act as nobody and nogroup?
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I have a log file that was created by nobody:nogroup, which is activity being logged to, I wanted to emulate adding a message to that log file.
My first thought was to:
$ sudo su nobody
This account is currently not available.
bash shell users privileges
edited Oct 15 '15 at 23:58
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I have a log file that was created by nobody:nogroup, which is activity being logged to, I wanted to emulate adding a message to that log file.
My first thought was to:
$ sudo su nobody
This account is currently not available.
bash shell users privileges
edited Oct 15 '15 at 23:58
Thomas Dickey
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asked Aug 11 '15 at 20:33
ThorSummoner
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I have a log file that was created by nobody:nogroup, which is activity being logged to, I wanted to emulate adding a message to that log file.
My first thought was to:
$ sudo su nobody
This account is currently not available.
bash shell users privileges
edited Oct 15 '15 at 23:58
Thomas Dickey
52k594164
asked Aug 11 '15 at 20:33
ThorSummoner
1,22741629
I have a log file that was created by nobody:nogroup, which is activity being logged to, I wanted to emulate adding a message to that log file.
My first thought was to:
$ sudo su nobody
This account is currently not available.
bash shell users privileges
bash shell users privileges
edited Oct 15 '15 at 23:58
Thomas Dickey
52k594164
asked Aug 11 '15 at 20:33
ThorSummoner
1,22741629
edited Oct 15 '15 at 23:58
Thomas Dickey
52k594164
asked Aug 11 '15 at 20:33
ThorSummoner
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edited Oct 15 '15 at 23:58
Thomas Dickey
52k594164
edited Oct 15 '15 at 23:58
Thomas Dickey
52k594164
edited Oct 15 '15 at 23:58
Thomas Dickey
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asked Aug 11 '15 at 20:33
ThorSummoner
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asked Aug 11 '15 at 20:33
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You have a way simpler solution, just run: su -s /bin/bash nobody (replace /bin/bash with the shell of your choice).
The This account is currently not available. error is due to the fact that nobody user default shell is /usr/sbin/nologin, su -s force the system to use another shell.
edited Dec 13 at 10:37
GAD3R
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An email thread:
- http://www.sudo.ws/pipermail/sudo-users/2002-September/001225.html
- http://www.sudo.ws/pipermail/sudo-users/2002-September/001226.html
.. points out that sudo -u nobody [cmd ...] can be used:
(Combined with the trick of How to append to a file as sudo)
echo "Hello World" | sudo -u nobody tee -a /tmp/logfile.log
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You have a way simpler solution, just run: su -s /bin/bash nobody (replace /bin/bash with the shell of your choice).
The This account is currently not available. error is due to the fact that nobody user default shell is /usr/sbin/nologin, su -s force the system to use another shell.
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You have a way simpler solution, just run: su -s /bin/bash nobody (replace /bin/bash with the shell of your choice).
The This account is currently not available. error is due to the fact that nobody user default shell is /usr/sbin/nologin, su -s force the system to use another shell.
edited Dec 13 at 10:37
GAD3R
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You have a way simpler solution, just run: su -s /bin/bash nobody (replace /bin/bash with the shell of your choice).
The This account is currently not available. error is due to the fact that nobody user default shell is /usr/sbin/nologin, su -s force the system to use another shell.
edited Dec 13 at 10:37
GAD3R
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answered Jan 19 '16 at 20:26
Hartator
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You have a way simpler solution, just run: su -s /bin/bash nobody (replace /bin/bash with the shell of your choice).
The This account is currently not available. error is due to the fact that nobody user default shell is /usr/sbin/nologin, su -s force the system to use another shell.
edited Dec 13 at 10:37
GAD3R
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answered Jan 19 '16 at 20:26
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An email thread:
- http://www.sudo.ws/pipermail/sudo-users/2002-September/001225.html
- http://www.sudo.ws/pipermail/sudo-users/2002-September/001226.html
.. points out that sudo -u nobody [cmd ...] can be used:
(Combined with the trick of How to append to a file as sudo)
echo "Hello World" | sudo -u nobody tee -a /tmp/logfile.log
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:18
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An email thread:
- http://www.sudo.ws/pipermail/sudo-users/2002-September/001225.html
- http://www.sudo.ws/pipermail/sudo-users/2002-September/001226.html
.. points out that sudo -u nobody [cmd ...] can be used:
(Combined with the trick of How to append to a file as sudo)
echo "Hello World" | sudo -u nobody tee -a /tmp/logfile.log
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:18
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answered Aug 11 '15 at 20:33
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An email thread:
- http://www.sudo.ws/pipermail/sudo-users/2002-September/001225.html
- http://www.sudo.ws/pipermail/sudo-users/2002-September/001226.html
.. points out that sudo -u nobody [cmd ...] can be used:
(Combined with the trick of How to append to a file as sudo)
echo "Hello World" | sudo -u nobody tee -a /tmp/logfile.log
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:18
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answered Aug 11 '15 at 20:33
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An email thread:
- http://www.sudo.ws/pipermail/sudo-users/2002-September/001225.html
- http://www.sudo.ws/pipermail/sudo-users/2002-September/001226.html
.. points out that sudo -u nobody [cmd ...] can be used:
(Combined with the trick of How to append to a file as sudo)
echo "Hello World" | sudo -u nobody tee -a /tmp/logfile.log
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:18
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