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Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 12:50:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Rodrigo Serra <rmserra AT fibertel DOT com DOT ar>
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Subject: Re: su questions
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On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Rodrigo Serra wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I try to use "su" command and every time the command asks password and fail.
> :(
>
> My questions is
> su commands works?
> I need especial permissions to run su?, I try SYSTEM account whit the same
> result.
> The group wheel is needed?
>
> Thank

Rodrigo,

There is no working implementation of 'su' under Cygwin.  Use sshd and
"ssh -l name localhost" to switch user contexts.
	Igor
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