users and startup scripts (FAQ alert)

[Larry Hall]

andrew brian clegg wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> 
> 
>>The preferred method for switching users is by running "ssh
>>user@localhost" (after setting up sshd, obviously).  I'm guessing the
>>above FAQ entry should be updated as well.
> 
> 
> I hope this isn't rehashing old discussions, but I'd always assumed from 
> the number of times people talk about using ssh to switch users that there 
> was something inherently disadvantageous about using (say)
> 
> runas /user:Administrator "c:\cygwin\bin\bash --login -i"
> 
> or setting up a shortcut with the 'run as different user' checkbox set (in 
> Win2K; I think the semantics are slightly different in XP IIRC).
> 
> But now I've tried it, it works fine for me... Is the only drawback that 
> this doesn't work in DOS versions of Windows, or is there some other 
> reason why it's not recommended?


This list tends to recommend Cygwin alternatives, although I've seen
the 'runas' approach mentioned on this list as well.  The only negative
I can see to using it would be if you're launching it from a Cygwin
shell and 'tty' is set in your CYGWIN environment variable.  In that case,
the output is garbled due to Cygwin's use of pipes for I/O handles.
Otherwise, if you prefer it, use it.


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