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From Daniel J. Summers
Subject Re: "root" execution not permitted. and busybox
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Msg-id AANLkTi=8hGFw=K8kuinVeayL52rkn+ddeVYsY=i=C1pF@mail.gmail.com
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In response to "root" execution not permitted. and busybox  (nbald <nicolas.baldeck@vizille.net>)
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On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:03 PM, nbald <nicolas.baldeck@vizille.net> wrote:

# echo 'pgsql:pgsql:100:100:pgsql:/home/pgsql:/bin/sh' >> /etc/passwd
# su - pgsql
warning: cannot change to home directory

That last line seems to be the problem.  Does /home/pgsql exist?  If it doesn't, and the su command can't complete, you may still be running as root.

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