Cannot switch to jenkins user redhat linux

I have a redhat linux server running jenkins. I setup jenkins as per the instructions mentioned here The problem is that I need to switch to the jenkins user in order to solve an ssh connection issue, but I cannot.

I try

su - jenkins

however after I enter that, the terminal remains[root@redhat ~]# and a whoami reveals that I am still root I have looked at the files /etc/passwd etc/shadow and see that jenkins is a user, but I don't have enough experience to tell what I have done wrong in setting up this jenkins user.

any ideas would be helpful, or places to look for clues?

3 Answers

is jenkins a service account with no shell configured in /etc/password If that's it trysudo su -s /bin/bash jenkins

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Do not change the /etc/passwd file. The interactive login is set to false for a good reason, the list security implications is too long to describe here.

Instead, run this as root:

sudo su - jenkins -s /bin/bash

The other option would be to change the shell for jenkins.

Run the below command:

chsh -s /bin/bash jenkins

Now you will be able to switch as jenkins user by just passing su jenkins

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