Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:47:54 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
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Subject: Re: SYSTEM Problem
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On Feb  7 15:15, Jaspreet Singh wrote:
> hi, i just created a new user 'test' in windows and in /etc/passwd, in
>  windows 'test' is a member of 'Users' group. Now when i run /bin/bash
> as SYSTEM User it 'su' to any user in there with valid shell, but it is
> not doing 'su' to User 'test'.
> 
> So, i tried 'Runas' running CMD as SYSTEM user of windows its still not
>  login in to bash as User 'test'. It saying 'Permission Denied'.
> 
> I just wanted to know that as SYSTEM has rights to 'su' to any user why
>  its not 'su' to user that i just created. 

If the process running as SYSTEM is started as or from a Windows service,
the the user token of the process has not the "create a token object"
right starting with Windows Server 2003.  This disallows switching
the user context if no password for the new user is given.


Corinna

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