Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 09:48:14 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [IMPORTANT]: New code in Cygwin 1.3.2 allowing to change user context without password Message-ID: <20010529094814.A19418@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from karlm30@hotmail.com on Mon, May 28, 2001 at 03:48:16PM -0700 On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 03:48:16PM -0700, Karl M wrote: > Hi Corinna... > > I was wondering (and wishing very much) if, with your new method for > changing the UID, I can still use a password when that is desireable? That > is, if I have a password (in my case with ssh/sshd) will the new process > work as it has in the past, with all of the rights of the UID/password? Didn't you try it? It's the same behaviour as on non-Windows OSes. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple