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Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 19:43:25 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: I can't find command su.exe
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In-Reply-To: <000201c1065d$c01ce990$6464648a@ca.boeing.com>; from mchase@ix.netcom.com on Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 08:13:26AM -0700

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 08:13:26AM -0700, Michael A. Chase wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Larsson (ERA)" <David DOT Larsson AT era DOT ericsson DOT se>
> To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 01:00
> Subject: RE: I can't find command su.exe
> 
> 
> > OK, so what's the differenses between cygwin su and any other *nix su?
> 
> Currently there _isn't_ a Cygwin su and there can't be until some issues get
> worked out about how to match the UNIX security model to WinNTs (very
> different) and Win9x (none).  It is being worked on, but I wouldn't expect
> anything until summer is over.

The issues are worked out as far as I can see. However, `su' would
still need some minor tweaking to support changing user context with
and without password and to solve an issue concerning environment
variables. I will probably not have the time to do that in the next
few weeks but I could give some advice if somebody volunteers.

Corinna

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