On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Uwe Dippel wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 18:07:52 +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
>
> > Please report exact command lines and error messages.
>
> chpass _mysql
> [change daemon into mysql or _mysql]; :wq
> chpass: illegal character in the "class" field
> re-edit the password file? [y]:
I cannot reproduce this here. _mysql is accepted and processed correctly.
>
> > Use su(1) to start the command with a given login class.
>
> like
> # su -c _mysql _mysql -c date
> This account is currently not available.
> ?
>
> Hey, I don't want to offend anyone in here !
> I only found some 20 occurrences of that additional login class and the
> same number of this suggestion. While typing, I asked myself, how the
> environment will be picked up, ever. And started to think ... and started
> to have doubts.
You'll have to give it the right args:
# su -m -c staff bin -c "ulimit -a"
time(cpu-seconds) unlimited
file(blocks) unlimited
coredump(blocks) unlimited
data(kbytes) 159744
stack(kbytes) 4096
lockedmem(kbytes) 157262
memory(kbytes) 471136
nofiles(descriptors) 64
processes 128
# su -m -c daemon bin -c "ulimit -a"
time(cpu-seconds) unlimited
file(blocks) unlimited
coredump(blocks) unlimited
data(kbytes) 524288
stack(kbytes) 8192
lockedmem(kbytes) 157262
memory(kbytes) 471136
nofiles(descriptors) 128
processes 532
#
> I bet 90% of those people who report success with mysql with this class do
> not have it due to this login class, but due to the values of the daemon
> class. With which their mysql runs, incidentially.
>
> # sudo -c _mysql -u _mysql date
> Fri Dec 16 09:51:03 SGT 2005
>
> This is what I was hinting at in my post, btw. This is the only thing I
> got working for a user with nologin.
-Otto
