About the 'su' command

[Larry Hall]

Sylvain Petreolle wrote:

> Hi all developers,
> I want to make some report bout the 'su' command.
> - The FAQ entry about it seems deprecated (or at least not completely
> true)
> 
> This command is shown as removed from the distribution, but according
> to http://www.cygwin.com/packages, it is included in sh-utils-2.0.15-3
> (current version of the package)
> 
> - The 'su' command doesnt work on my WinXP workstation, even if passwd
> succeeded to change my user password.
> Is there some fix known at this moment ? Looking trough the archives
> didnt help me.
> 

Really?  Here's two useful and informative messages I found on the first
page of hits from google:

<www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2001-04/msg00051.html>
<www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-02/msg01733.html>

Does this not answer your question and provide suitable options for you?

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