HELP!!! can't su to news

[Auke Kok]

Richard B. Pyne wrote:

>Can someone please tell me what I have configured wrong. I am 
>running lunar with the linux (2.4.25) kernel with the most 
>recent updates. When I try to su to news so I can start innd, it 
>leaves me as root. The same thing happens when I try to su to 
>any privileged user.
>

that's what happens if that user doesn't have a proper shell, su will 
refuse to become that user (I think it's a PAM feature). You can try 
adding a proper shell for those users (/bin/sh?) or add a fake shell 
(/bin/false) to /etc/shells ... ymmv

sofar