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 Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20011113100254.02224a60@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:06:25 -0500 To: "Mark Paulus" , "Corinna Vinschen" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: How do I figure out why LogonUserA is failing? In-Reply-To: <200111131500.KAA20990@acestes-fe0.ultra.net> References: <6049-Tue13Nov2001114158+0000-starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 > > > > > >-- > >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/ -- 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/