sudo /bin/su nobody

[Steve Beaty]

Hi all,

	i'm sure i'm missing something obvious, but here goes.  i'm trying
	to run a command as "nobody".  in /etc/sudoers i have:

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beaty emess=NOPASSWD: /bin/su nobody *
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	/etc/passwd has:

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nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin
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	when i try to run a command as nobody i get:

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% sudo /bin/su nobody -c ls
This account is currently not available.
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	which is the output expected from nologin.  i really don't want to
	login, just run a command with nobody's permissions.  i can change
	nobody's login shell to /bin/bash or whatever, but i'd rather not
	as i'm developing a small system for people who may not be allowed
	to change the password file.  i've read TFM :-) and poked around
	for the correct incantation, but to no avail.

	what obvious am i missing?  many thanks,

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