Bug 557024

Summary:	app-eselect/eselect-java: unable to set user-vm for users without interactive shell
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component:	[OLD] Java	Assignee:	Java team <java>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2015-08-08 09:47:40 UTC

# WHILE the user agostino has /bin/bash as shell (FINE):
test ~ # su - agostino -c 'echo $SHELL'
/bin/bash
test ~ # su - agostino -c 'eselect java-vm set user 1'
test ~ #


# WHILE the user agostino has /sbin/nologin as shell (NOT FINE):
test ~ # su - agostino -c 'echo $SHELL'
This account is currently not available.
test ~ # su - agostino -c 'eselect java-vm set user 1'
This account is currently not available.


A workaround is set bash as shell, change the user-vm and rechange the shell.

It could be useful because some people create unprivileged users to run jar(s).