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Re: su questions
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Rodrigo Serra <rmserra at fibertel dot com dot ar>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 12:50:06 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: su questions
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
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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