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From:	Achim Gratz <Stromeko AT nexgo DOT de>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: equivalent to su or sudo?
References:	<20180817100101 DOT GB24845 AT rus DOT uni-stuttgart DOT de>
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2018 20:25:56 +0200
In-Reply-To:	<20180817100101.GB24845@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> (Ulli Horlacher's message of "Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:01:01 +0200")
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Ulli Horlacher writes:
> I need to run some scripts with full administrator rights (for chown,
> chmod, setfacl).

Whatever runs these scripts must already have aquired administrative
rights.

> Is there a cygwin equivalent to su or sudo?

No, you can only start out with administrative rights and then drop them
when no longer needed (cygdrop --help).


Regards,
Achim.
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