On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 07:32:49PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have an amanda user account. I don't know what password the portage > install used for it, so I stomped on it using the passwd command. No > doing an: > > su amanda > > appears to work (there is no login error), but when I do a whoami, it > reports root, or whatever user I logged in from. Running amcheck > fails, reporting that I must be logged in as amanda. Any clues?
Make sure amanda's shell, listed in /etc/passwd, is a valid one. If not /bin/sh, it may have to be one listed in /etc/shells. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)