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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:58:18 -0500
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On 18/01/2012 7:12 AM, Timothy Madden wrote:
> Is there a way to get the remote shell not to run elevated under sshd, 
> even if the user could otherwise run programs elevated in the native 
> Windows OS ?
I suspect you could set up ssh to use a "shell" which drops the user's 
privilege level and then invokes the real shell. I don't know the magic 
incantation off-hand, tho.

Ryan

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