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Re: Using "su" on cygwin
- From: Chuck McDevitt <cmcdevitt at ABINITIO dot COM>
- To: Maurício <briqueabraque at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:35:05 -0400
- Subject: Re: Using "su" on cygwin
Why not use the Microsoft "runas" command to start your program/shell?
RUNAS [ [/noprofile | /profile] [/env] [/netonly] ]
/user:<UserName> program
Maurício <briqueabraque@yahoo.com>
Sent by: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
08/16/2004 03:26 PM
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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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