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Re: Using "su" on cygwin
- From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: Maurício <briqueabraque at yahoo dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:48:42 -0400
- Subject: Re: Using "su" on cygwin
- References: <cfdmoa$6e3$1@sea.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: Cygwin List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
At 01:58 PM 8/11/2004, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got my /etc/passwd and /etc/group from mkpasswd and mkgroup. When I'm loged as user, sometimes I need to get administrator privileges, for instance, to make and install a library or program. How do I do that? I tried:
>
>su administrator
>
>but it always says I'm using the wrong password (I use the same password I use to log as administrator). What am I doing wrong?
You didn't read this:
>FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
See "Why doesn't `su' work?":
<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC39>
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