Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-Id: <200008300724.CAA09026@smtp.sunflower.com> From: "Doug Wyatt" To: michael DOT cameron AT technologist DOT com, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 02:24:30 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: newbie: using su Reply-to: dwyatt AT sunflower DOT com In-reply-to: <000829184303AM.07443@webb2.iname.net> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12b) Last I heard, su won't do anything for you in Cygwin. But, if you are on NT4, and have the NT Resource Kit, you can create a shortcut to use the su.exe that comes with NTResKit. Example: With NTResKit in C:\etc\ntreskit and Cygwin in C:\cygwin, the shortcut Target string would look something like this: C:\etc\ntreskit\su.exe LogName C:\cygwin\cygwin.bat . -w You'll get a small command window with a password prompt. Just give the correct password for LogName and the first window will go away and a Bash window will appear. Regards, Doug Wyatt > Where can I find out what the following means? > I want to run a shell as a different user. > TIA, > MC > > > > mcameron AT DONTCARE ~ > $ su - trendadm > su: cannot set user id: Not owner > > mcameron AT DONTCARE ~ > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Get free personalized email at http://email.lycos.com > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com