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aruns_s
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‎02-01-2006 03:35 PM

‎02-01-2006 03:35 PM

not able to switch user

Hi
I am not able to switch the user from another user. It happens with only one user in the system.However I can directly logon onto the box using the same user id.Can anybody help me why I am not able to switch that user?
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Arunvijai_4
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‎02-01-2006 03:59 PM

‎02-01-2006 03:59 PM

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Re: not able to switch user

Hi Arun,

What error you got while trying to switch user?
Try with su -

-Arun
"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for"
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Sivakumar TS
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‎02-01-2006 04:07 PM

‎02-01-2006 04:07 PM

Re: not able to switch user


Hi,

Could you try to login as ROOT and try "su" to THAT user ?

try #su - also

COuld you get the error

WIth Regards,

Siva.
Nothing is Impossible !
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Muthukumar_5
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‎02-01-2006 04:15 PM

‎02-01-2006 04:15 PM

Re: not able to switch user

What is there in that user's $HOME/.profile or /etc/profile related with that user?

Can you try as,

$ su

It may work. Is your system non-trusted one right?

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Muthu
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