On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 14:10 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
Jason Pyeron wrote:
[root@devserver21 etc]# sudo su -l apache failed to get default context [root@devserver21 etc]# sudo su apache failed to get default context [root@devserver21 etc]# sudo [root@devserver21 etc]#
References to 'context' would have something to do with SELinux, not normal permissions.
--- That's is also because his echoed "0" context is not active yet. It requires a reboot every time I have done it. But the other way around it does not.
No matter how hard you try in a default EL4 or 5 instance you will never get logged into an apache account. Root or Not... Unless you change the login shell..or exploit it...
apache = /sbin/nologin postgres = /sbin/bash ################################################# Jason,
Nasty things happen when you build rpms like that. See www.owlriver.com , Russ has an article there about it [1].
[1] http://www.owlriver.com/tips/non-root/
John