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From: "Mike Slinn" <mslinn AT mslinn DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Can't change password
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:13:28 -0700
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I've read through all the documents (so many words!) but I don't see
anything that I recognize as being directly applicable.  I have a standalone
NT box, it is not part of a domain.

Isn't there a straightforward answer to my problem?  The amount of
documentation, and the way it is written, makes me thing that I'll need to
spend days figuring it all out!  Also, I again note that in a previous
response Corinna seemed to discourage the use of login.

I searched the mailing list archives before posting my original question,
but didn't find an answer for NT machines that are not part of a domain.

Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Starks-Browning [mailto:starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 4:08 AM
> To: Mike Slinn
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Can't change password
>
>
> On Tuesday 18 Sep 01, Corinna Vinschen writes:
> > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:21:51AM -0700, Mike Slinn wrote:
> > > I want to log in as another user.  Apparently 'login' is only
> for inetd's use.
> > >
> > > su and sudo aren't available - is Cygwin only a partial *nix
> workalike?
> > >
> > > passwd doesn't complain when I try to change another user's
> password, but
> > > how can I log in as them?  I always get a message telling me
> the password is incorrect.  I try specifying the NT password, but
> > that doesn't work either.
> >
> > Sigh.  For some reason I'm pretty sure the answer to your question
> > is already in the mailing list archive.  And I answered to that
> > question already multiple times...
>
> Mike, there is a FAQ entry "Where is the `su' command?".  If this is
> not adequate, let us know what's missing.  I don't use this "feature"
> myself, so I can't write a better FAQ entry without more input.
>
> Regards,
> David
> (Cygwin FAQ maintainer)
>
>


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