Is su supposed to work?  When I try from an unprivileged account
I get:

michael> su addmini
Password:
su: /bin/bash: Permission denied


michael> procps -ef
UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
michael 7580 1 0 Nov28 tty0 00:00:11 /usr/bin/rxvt -sb -sl 1024 -geom
michael   7260  7580  0 Nov28 tty0     00:00:00 -bash
michael   8100  7260  0 Nov28 tty0     00:00:00 procps -ef


This also happens if I run su from a privileged account (started via runas from a
windows shortcut) and try to switch to an unprivileged one:


[addm...@orion ~]$ su michael
Password:
su: /bin/bash: Permission denied
[addm...@orion ~]$


I can also play that game via login:


[addm...@orion ~]$ login
login: michael
Password:
____________________, ______________________________________ .QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQL_ | | .gQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ__ | | gQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ== | _.---.) | QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQF= | (^--^)_.-" `; | QQQQQQQQQ================! | ) ee ( | | QQQQQQQQ | (_.__._) / | QQQQQQQQ | `--', ,' | QQQQQQQQ ~"jjj__, | jgs )_|--')_| | QQQQQQQQ "jjjjjjjjjj___ | ""' ""' | QQQQQQQQ ~jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj__ | | QQQQQQQQ _jjjjjjjjjjjjjj/~~~~ | The Hippo says: Welcome to | QQQQQQQQ .{jjjjjjj/~~~~~ | _ | QQQQQQQQ .{/~~~~` | ____ _ _ ____ _ _ _ (_) ____ | QQQQQQQQ | / ___)| | | | / _ || | | || || _ \ | QQQQQQQQ |( (___ | |_| |( (_| || | | || || | | || QQQQQQQQQL_______________, | \____) \__ | \___ | \___/ |_||_| |_|| QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQL___ | (___/ (____| | 4QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ___ | | (=QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ==== | -.-. -.-- --. .-- .. -. | (QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQF= |______________________________________|

login: no shell: /bin/bash: Permission denied

addm...@orion ~
$


Thanks,
Michael

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