Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/07/06/10:11:45
The NT 4 Resource Kit contains an SU client and server.
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From: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
[mailto:cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com] On Behalf Of Christopher Dale
Campbell
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 6:08 AM
To: Cygwin
Subject: Fw: Small alternative to su
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Thanks for clearing that up. Is there another alternative for NT users?
Christopher Dale Campbell
DaleCampbell(at)revolutionist(dot)com
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From: "Andrej Borsenkow" <Andrej DOT Borsenkow AT mow DOT siemens DOT ru>
To: "Christopher Dale Campbell" <DaleCampbell AT revolutionist DOT com>;
"Cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 5:59 AM
Subject: RE: Small alternative to su
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
> > [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com]On Behalf Of Christopher
> > Dale Campbell
> > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 1:26 PM
> > To: Cygwin
> > Subject: Small alternative to su
> >
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> > If you need to run programs (in cygwin) under a different user, but
don't
> > want to log out, here's a simple thing that I use. Create a
> > shortcut to "%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe". Then right click on
> > the shortcut,
select
> > Properties, and check the box 'Run as different user.' Now when you
click
> > that shortcut a dialog will pop up asking which user you'd like to
> > run
it
> > as. When the DOS CLI opens up, just \cygwin\cygwin.bat (or where
> > ever
you
> > have it located) to run the cygwin batch file. This works on most
> > other shortcuts, too. However, the 'Run as different user' box is
> > greyed out
on
> > the cygwin shortcut. Probably because it's a shortcut to a batch
> > file (?). Hope this helps. Sure does beat logging in and out all
> > the time.
> >
> > And obviously, this is refering to NT and 2000 boxes (I'm using
> > 2000).
> >
>
> this works on 2000 and above *only*. "Run as" does not exist on NT.
>
> -andrej
>
>
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