X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4733705E.5020706@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:23:58 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: how to switch user References: <47330E7C.6050608@cygwin.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Charles D. Russell wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> sunny wrote: >>> when logged as a user, i want to switch to a different user. how can >>> i do that? >> >> Install and use ssh. >> >>> how can i add a new user in cygwin? >> >> You can't. Use the Windows 'net' command. >> > > Apropos of ssh: I can't login remotely to another account than my own. > ssh -l "My Wife" dell03 and ssh "My Wife"@dell03 both fail, returning a > request for a password, though My Wife was set up with no password. "My > Wife"/.ssh was been set up on dell03 using ssh-user-config. I can > connect to my own account on dell03 with no trouble. Edit '/etc/sshd_config' and add/uncomment "PermitEmptyPasswords yes" if you're sure that you don't need the security. Otherwise, use pubkey authentication. > I'm never sure whether I've got the quoting right when dealing with > those damned spaces in path or file names. They are always a problem. Best not to use them. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/