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From: Erik Soderquist <ErikSoderquist@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 10:40:28 -0400
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Subject: Re: equivalent to su or sudo?
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On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 6:01 AM, Ulli Horlacher wrote:
> I need to run some scripts with full administrator rights (for chown,
> chmod, setfacl).
> Is there a cygwin equivalent to su or sudo?

I've actually found that after installing and configuring sshd as a
service, "ssh localhost" gives me an elevated shell without any hassle
(I'm part of the local admins group; you may have to modify to "ssh
admin@localhost").  If you want to use this as a replacement for
'sudo' without having ssh open to the network, modify your sshd
configuration to only accept localhost connections and as an added
layer, make sure your firewall denies all incoming network traffic to
sshd

-- Erik


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