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From: lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Non-standard shell and su.
Message-ID: <200@icus.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jan 88 06:12:26 GMT
Organization: ICUS Computer Group, Islip, NY
Lines: 26
Keywords: su, root, security, /bin/ksh

What is the problem giving root (or any login for that matter) /bin/ksh
for the default login shell and then using the "su <name> -c <cmd>" to
execute a command?  I keep getting:

$ su root -c "rm xx"
Password:
Non-standard shell - denied

Does the "-c" option only work with the Bourne shell (/bin/sh)?  I would
like root to have /bin/ksh.  I have to cludge it up with leaving the
default shell blank in /etc/passwd and then in the .profile put a:

exec /bin/ksh

This is annoying.

						-Lenny
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