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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:24:27 +0200
From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Denis_M=FChle?= <denis AT muehle-home DOT de>
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Subject: Re: "su" command  removed  / coreutils-8.23-2
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Am 12.09.2014 06:13, schrieb Eric Blake:
> On 09/11/2014 09:16 PM, Denis Mühle wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> today i've updated my cygwin and now i have a big problem.  the "su"
>> command was removed.
>>
>> https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2014-08/msg00245.html
>>
>>
>> i need "su" to start my services as seperate user,
>> because i have a webinterface to manage my services for both Linux and
>> Windows and it needs the "su" command.
>>
>>
>>
>>   - will the "su" command  come back to cygwin?
> I've debated about reviving 'su' as it was in coreutils 8.15 into its
> own package, unlikely to ever be further updated (except maybe
> recompiled as needed), but that takes work and free time, so anyone else
> is more than welcome to attempt it first.


it would be very very nice, if someone there who can do this.


i have a "win2008" server for gameservers, some people have access to 
"FTP" and "web-interface" to manage the gameserver.  ( 
start/stop/cronjob/ etc.. )
i'm trust those people, this not a problem. but nobody knows if they 
have a spyware.

now without "su" the servers are running with "administrator", i'm very 
unhappy with this situation now .


>>   - or is there a alternative workaround? ( without password /  login )
> You could always compile it yourself, from the 8.15 sources as patched
> downstream for cygwin.
>

yep maybe, but i have no knowledge in this...


i found maybe a possible workaround, but the problem i have is the 
"Password prompt"


@  /bin/su:

1.)
#!/usr/bin/bash
echo "thePassword" | runas /savecred /user:${1}  ${2}


or

2.)
#!/usr/bin/bash
echo "thePassword" | login ${1}  ${2}


anybody  ideas or tips?


-- 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards,

Denis Mühle


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