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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "Chris January" <chris AT atomice DOT net>, "jon ewing" <jon AT mediasurface DOT com>
Cc: "Cygwin AT Cygwin DOT Com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: sudo and runas
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 01:08:50 -0000
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Chris January wrote:
>> jon AT shuttle (/home/jon) % su dba
>> Password:
>> su: cannot set user id: Permission denied
> Doesn't seem to be authenticating properly here. Are you sure dba has
> network logon priveleges?

su doesn't work! It never has! It requires priviledges which are not
default, and should not be granted to user accounts.

Max.


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