X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-SWARE-Spam-Status:	No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
MIME-Version:	1.0
In-Reply-To:	<i1nk62$kii$1@dough.gmane.org>
References:	<i1nk62$kii$1 AT dough DOT gmane DOT org>
From:	"DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest AT gmail DOT com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:39:48 -0500
Message-ID:	<AANLkTilrTAuqHf7l_h3oJ6TxnJxBGYil8xcodn6yZa1t@mail.gmail.com>
Subject:	Re: runas, su, sudo
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
X-IsSubscribed:	yes
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Lukas Haase <> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any (working) way to change privileges in cygwin?
>
> Regards,
> Luke
>
>

Try this: http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.su

It tells you to use ssh AT localhost but has a link to some mailing list
archives that explain why su / sudo can't work properly.

-Jason

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -