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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:06:25 -0500
To: "Mark Paulus" <commpg AT yahoo DOT com>, "Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: How do I figure out why LogonUserA is failing?
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At 09:59 AM 11/13/2001, Mark Paulus wrote:
>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.....

Corinna's explanation indicates that rlogin would work as well, if that
seems less "klunky" to you.

I believe that it's David's and Corinna's intention to document this 
issue in the FAQ.  Since David maintains the FAQ and does it in a notably
timely manner, I think you'll see something here soon.


>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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