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: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 19:43:25 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: I can't find command su.exe Message-ID: <20010708194325.D8578@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <0DAEDF148988D411BB980008C7E65D2E03A14C18@esealnt416> <000201c1065d$c01ce990$6464648a@ca.boeing.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <000201c1065d$c01ce990$6464648a@ca.boeing.com>; from mchase@ix.netcom.com on Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 08:13:26AM -0700 On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 08:13:26AM -0700, Michael A. Chase wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Larsson (ERA)" > To: > 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 -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/