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Re: Using "su" on cygwin



Hi,
I got my /etc/passwd and /etc/group from mkpasswd and mkgroup. When I'm loged as user, sometimes I need to get administrator privileges, for instance, to make and install a library or program. How do I do that? I tried:
su administrator
but it always says I'm using the wrong password (I use the same password I use to log as administrator). What am I doing wrong?



You didn't read this:


FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

See "Why doesn't `su' work?":


<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC39>


After reading that and further docs, I managed to get login (instead of su) to work, but only when I am logged in Windows as administrator. Do you know why I can't get that to work for other users?


Maurício


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