Run cgi-script on commandline as user www?
Solution 1:
Your first example is fine - that error probably means the shell is currently pointed to nologin. Simply change it to a valid shell or use something like sudo which is sort of a hack but would work.
[root@monkey]# grep monkey /etc/passwd monkeyman:x:100:101:monkeyman:/home/monkeyman:/sbin/nologin [root@monkey]# sudo -u monkeyman echo "hi" hi [root@monkey]# su monkeyman -c 'echo hi' This account is currently not available.
Solution 2:
Have you tried what is suggested on Run as different user under FreeBSD?