On Wednesday 03 November 2010 10:31, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Well this is not going well... Give this a try: # sudo -u apache -s -H bash-4.1$ whoami apache bash-4.1$ This is on a stock F-13 box with an unmodified /etc/passwd, i.e.: apache:x:48:48:Apache:/var/www:/sbin/nologin Regards, Mike Klinke