CentOS - Aug 2020 - Running commands as apache user

I have a dilemma: I have nextcloud running under user and group apache, as
recommended by the installation. I now have to run some nextcloud commands but
even as root I cannot su to user apache because "this account is currently
not available". Is there a way around this? The commands must be run as
user apache...

On 08/07/2020 07:56 PM, H wrote:
> I have a dilemma: I have nextcloud running under user and group apache, as
recommended by the installation. I now have to run some nextcloud commands but
even as root I cannot su to user apache because "this account is currently
not available". Is there a way around this? The commands must be run as
user apache...
>
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Fixed. I found "su -l apache -s /bin/bash" on the web which allows me
to get around the nologin.

On 08/08/2020 01:01, H wrote:
> On 08/07/2020 07:56 PM, H wrote:
>> I have a dilemma: I have nextcloud running under user and group apache,
as recommended by the installation. I now have to run some nextcloud commands
but even as root I cannot su to user apache because "this account is
currently not available". Is there a way around this? The commands must be
run as user apache...
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> CentOS mailing list
>> CentOS at centos.org
>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
> 
> Fixed. I found "su -l apache -s /bin/bash" on the web which
allows me to get around the nologin.
> 
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> 
A little suggestion to you - edit /etc/nologin.txt to read:

This account is currently not available.  Try: # su -l <user> -s /bin/bash

Make sure the file is set to 644 and it will prompt you if you forget 
the syntax.

-- 
J Martin Rushton MBCS