Force bash to start as administrator
Andrew DeFaria
ADeFaria@Salira.com
Wed Dec 11 14:03:00 GMT 2002
Please don't email me directly - keep it on the list!
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> Andrew,
>
> The cygwin login has nothing to do with it. I was not referring to the
> fact that you don't need a password (which, by the way, is stored by
> windows, and not in the passwd file). Try replacing "login" by "bash",
> and type "whoami" when the shell comes up.
Interesting! Insecure!
> Igor
> P.S. I don't know what Runas is, sorry.
In a Windows window (since rxvt messes up with ptys in this case) try
runas /?
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