Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/07/08/13:43:52
On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 08:13:26AM -0700, Michael A. Chase wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Larsson (ERA)" <David DOT Larsson AT era DOT ericsson DOT se>
> To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 01:00
> Subject: RE: I can't find command su.exe
>
>
> > OK, so what's the differenses between cygwin su and any other *nix su?
>
> Currently there _isn't_ a Cygwin su and there can't be until some issues get
> worked out about how to match the UNIX security model to WinNTs (very
> different) and Win9x (none). It is being worked on, but I wouldn't expect
> anything until summer is over.
The issues are worked out as far as I can see. However, `su' would
still need some minor tweaking to support changing user context with
and without password and to solve an issue concerning environment
variables. I will probably not have the time to do that in the next
few weeks but I could give some advice if somebody volunteers.
Corinna
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