Nice! Thanks! sam@puppetmaster:~$ getent passwd | grep puppet # /bin/false is not good puppet:x:108:113:Puppet configuration management daemon,,,:/var/lib/ puppet:/bin/false
sam@puppetmaster:~$ sudo chsh puppet -s /bin/bash sam@puppetmaster:~$ getent passwd | grep puppet # that's better puppet:x:108:113:Puppet configuration management daemon,,,:/var/lib/ puppet:/bin/bash sam@puppetmaster-1e:~$ su - puppet # now I can switch user Password: puppet@puppetmaster-1e:~$ -- Paul On Feb 21, 1:27 pm, Craig White <craig.wh...@ttiltd.com> wrote: > > ---- > the one thing I have always appreciated about Linux/UNIX is that the config > files are always text files and can be fixed and thus you don't have to > resort to things like uninstalling/re-installing, deleting/recreating users > because everything is relatively easily fixed - at least assuming that you > know how. > > su - puppet # if done by root doesn't require a password. > # Root user doesn't need a password for anything > # if done by a user, needs puppet user's password > > /etc/sudoers - 'puppet ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' > # Can't imagine a good reason to do this but will only > # allow user 'puppet' to sudo anything without a password > > if 'su - puppet' doesn't give you the bash shell as user puppet then perhaps > you don't have a good shell set up for user puppet. > getent passwd | grep puppet # will list things like the shell > # which should be /bin/bash but if not, use chsh > sudo chsh puppet -s /bin/bash # will set puppet users shell to /bin/bash > > It's also possible that user puppet's home directory is wrongly set or the > permissions are bad... > # getent passwd | grep puppet > puppet:x:1001:1001:Puppet,,,:/var/lib/puppet:/bin/bash > > sudo chown puppet:puppet /var/lib/puppet -R > > Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
