Re: newbie: using su

["Doug Wyatt" <dwyatt at sunflower dot com>]

Hi,

I'm sorry, but I don't know the answers to your questions about juggling
the /etc/passwd file.  My superficial answer would be that when you
logon to the PC, that's who you are, unless you use the ntreskit su.exe.
The /etc/passwd file only provides a unix-like image of the PC's
authentication info for unix tools to use.

I believe the string in the GECOS field is an NT SID.

Regards,
Doug Wyatt

> Okay, so su doesn't work, can I just use brute force? If I ALWAYS want
> to log on as another user (the "owner" of a particular application) and never
> as me (my W2K login for mail etc..)
> 
> What if I remove my entry from /etc/passwd, make a copy of the desired
> users entry in /etc/passwd then change the name in that entry to my user
> name (making sure this entry comes after the real users entry).  I then log
> in as me but am now the first user.  Any side-effects that I should be aware
> of?
> 
> example:
> desireduser::1002:513:The user I want to be,S-1-5-21-1538995194-1560047842-1096501715-1002::/bin/sh
> me::1002:513:trendadm,S-1-5-21-1538995194-1560047842-1096501715-1002::/bin/sh
> 
> 
> Michael
> 
> P.S. What is that entry in the gecos field?




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