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From: "Mark Paulus" <commpg AT yahoo DOT com>
To: "Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:59:23 -0700
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Subject: Re: How do I figure out why LogonUserA is failing?

So,

If I understand this little diddy, one shouldn't just up and do a
"login root"?  If that is the case, then what does one do to "become"
another user?  I have gotten it to work by telnetting back to my machine
and logging in as root that way, but that is rather "klunky", in my opinion.
However, if that is the ONLY way to do it, then so be it.  It should be 
documented as such, though.....


On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:41:58 +0000, David Starks-Browning wrote:

>On Tuesday 13 Nov 01, Corinna Vinschen writes:
>> LogonUser/CreateProcessAsUser need special user rights.  This rights
>> are not given to user accounts, not even to admins.  Only SYSTEM has
>> that user rights by default.  That's the reason that login only
>> works when started from telnetd or rlogind, started from inetd which
>> itself is running as service under SYSTEM account.
>> 
>> login(1) is not intended for use on the command line under Cygwin.
>> 
>> Shouldn't we create a FAQ for that?
>
>There is already something about why there is no su, but it goes on to
>say (indirectly) that login(1) may be a substitute.  I will amend it to
>include the information you provide above.
>
>(I don't know about this stuff myself, so I can't put it in the FAQ
>until I get concise, pithy emails like this one.  Thanks Corinna!)
>
>Cheers,
>David
>
>
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