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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:31:37 -0800
From: Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria AT Salira DOT com>
Organization: Salira Optical Networks
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  Please don't email me directly - keep it on the list!

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> Andrew,
>
> The cygwin login has nothing to do with it. I was not referring to the 
> fact that you don't need a password (which, by the way, is stored by 
> windows, and not in the passwd file). Try replacing "login" by "bash", 
> and type "whoami" when the shell comes up.

Interesting! Insecure!

> Igor
> P.S. I don't know what Runas is, sorry.

In a Windows window (since rxvt messes up with ptys in this case) try 
runas /?






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