I would like to run an IRC-client on my UnRAID setup. Irssi seems to be the client to use as I would like eventually to setup a proxy based solution. I'm going to access the UnRAID only from the local network. I found this thread giving me the correct irssi and perl packages:

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=6388.msg62275#msg62275

 

The packages install and run fine but the problem is that an IRC-client should not be run under root account. Some (all?) common irc servers deny connection when running under root. I have enabled "User Level" share settings and created a user for this purpose. However I cannot login with the new user name nor I cannot change to that user using the "su - username --shell=/usr/sbin/bash" command as suggested by some threads. The latter simply does not do anything. How would I run the IRC-client under a different user inside UnRAID?

 

Any assistance is well appreciated.

 

Repeat these commands in a telnet session and post the session.

 

root@Othello:~# whoami
root
root@Othello:~# cat /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:Console and webGui login account:/root:/bin/bash
bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/false
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/bin/false
adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/log:/bin/false
lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/false
mail:x:8:12:mail:/:/bin/false
news:x:9:13:news:/usr/lib/news:/bin/false
uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucppublic:/bin/false
ftp:x:14:50::/home/ftp:/bin/false
smmsp:x:25:25:smmsp:/var/spool/clientmqueue:/bin/false
mysql:x:27:27:MySQL:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/false
rpc:x:32:32:RPC portmap user:/:/bin/false
sshd:x:33:33:sshd:/:/bin/false
gdm:x:42:42:GDM:/var/state/gdm:/bin/false
avahi:x:61:214:Avahi Daemon User:/dev/null:/bin/false
avahi-autoipd:x:62:62:Avahi AutoIP Daemon User:/dev/null:/bin/false
messagebus:x:81:81::/dev/null:/bin/false
pop:x:90:90:POP:/:/bin/false
nobody:x:99:100:nobody:/:/bin/false
admin:x:1000:100::/bin/false
dga:x:1001:100::/bin/false
backup:x:1002:100::/bin/false
root@Othello:~# 
root@Othello:~# su - dga --shell=/usr/bin/bash
dga@Othello:/$ 
dga@Othello:/$ whoami
dga
dga@Othello:/$ 

Thank you for the answer. The problem was solved by switching completely to Skype Instant Messaging group discussions which has the "store-messages-when-offline" feature built-in. Highly recommended alternative to those groups seeking irc-like features but with less hassle.