i am familiar with that switch. But that is not my issue. I just unable to switch to any user with or with the switch "-" used. thanks mjh
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Chris Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:31 AM, Michael Habashy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I am logged in as root, and i try to su as a user : user1 ; I get the > > following > > error: > > > > rmachine:/home/user1/Maildir/cur# su user1 > > > > Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied > > > Hi, > I've similar problem before, but not on Debian. My problem was mainly > when working with Solaris. You can try su - user1 (there is a > space-dash-space between su and user1). That will apply all the > environment of user1, including switching to the home directory of > user1. > > Chris >
