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 From: "Michael Erdely" To: Subject: RE: Small alternative to su Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:10:21 -0400 Message-ID: <001501c10625$657c0df0$1419a8c0@mercury> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2505.0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <006101c10603$994a3390$d5322041@campbell> The NT 4 Resource Kit contains an SU client and server. -ME -----Original Message----- From: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com] On Behalf Of Christopher Dale Campbell Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 6:08 AM To: Cygwin Subject: Fw: Small alternative to su -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for clearing that up. Is there another alternative for NT users? Christopher Dale Campbell DaleCampbell(at)revolutionist(dot)com /******************************* For PGP & GPG Keys, finger campbell(at)cyberspace(dot)org *******************************/ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrej Borsenkow" To: "Christopher Dale Campbell" ; "Cygwin" Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 5:59 AM Subject: RE: Small alternative to su > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com > > [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com]On Behalf Of Christopher > > Dale Campbell > > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 1:26 PM > > To: Cygwin > > Subject: Small alternative to su > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > If you need to run programs (in cygwin) under a different user, but don't > > want to log out, here's a simple thing that I use. Create a > > shortcut to "%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe". Then right click on > > the shortcut, select > > Properties, and check the box 'Run as different user.' Now when you click > > that shortcut a dialog will pop up asking which user you'd like to > > run it > > as. When the DOS CLI opens up, just \cygwin\cygwin.bat (or where > > ever you > > have it located) to run the cygwin batch file. This works on most > > other shortcuts, too. However, the 'Run as different user' box is > > greyed out on > > the cygwin shortcut. Probably because it's a shortcut to a batch > > file (?). Hope this helps. Sure does beat logging in and out all > > the time. > > > > And obviously, this is refering to NT and 2000 boxes (I'm using > > 2000). > > > > this works on 2000 and above *only*. "Run as" does not exist on NT. > > -andrej > > > -- > 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/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use iQA/AwUBO0WOGIXnWfGgRqP+EQIqSACghpge3xxEpnfH1q2G5cXcHC5i7vkAoO5u MFoTmYC+kngeyIaFvCADzoRl =wU8z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/ -- 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/