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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 11:03:15 +0100 (BST)
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On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> The preferred method for switching users is by running "ssh
> user AT localhost" (after setting up sshd, obviously).  I'm guessing the
> above FAQ entry should be updated as well.

I hope this isn't rehashing old discussions, but I'd always assumed from 
the number of times people talk about using ssh to switch users that there 
was something inherently disadvantageous about using (say)

runas /user:Administrator "c:\cygwin\bin\bash --login -i"

or setting up a shortcut with the 'run as different user' checkbox set (in 
Win2K; I think the semantics are slightly different in XP IIRC).

But now I've tried it, it works fine for me... Is the only drawback that 
this doesn't work in DOS versions of Windows, or is there some other 
reason why it's not recommended?

Andrew.



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