On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 07:32:49PM -0700, mindfuq AT verizon DOT net wrote:
> I have an amanda user account.  I don't know what password the portage
> install used for it, so I stomped on it using the passwd command.  No
> doing an:
> 
>   su amanda
> 
> appears to work (there is no login error), but when I do a whoami, it
> reports root, or whatever user I logged in from.  Running amcheck
> fails, reporting that I must be logged in as amanda.  Any clues?

Make sure amanda's shell, listed in /etc/passwd, is a valid one.
If not /bin/sh, it may have to be one listed in /etc/shells.

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