sudo and runas

[jon ewing]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris January [mailto:chris@atomice.net] 
> Sent: 05 March 2003 23:34
> To: jon ewing; cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: sudo and runas
> 
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Under XP (and maybe other Windows?) there's a command, runas, which 
> > when used from cmd.exe or the Run dialog, can run applications as 
> > another
> > user:
> > 
> > C:\Cygwin>runas /user:Administrator C:\Cygwin\setup.exe
> > Enter the password for Administrator:
> > 
> > allows me to run Cygwin's setup as Administrator when 
> logged in as any 
> > user.
> > 
> > I was thinking of writing a sudo-type script using runas, 
> but for some 
> > reason can't get it to work at all under Cygwin - I tried 
> running it 
> > from Bash, cygstart-ing it, cmd.exe /C -ing it, but none of 
> these seem 
> > to work.
> > 
> > Anyone else tried doing this?
> 
> Is this any use?
> 
> http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ccj00/twiki/bin/view/Cygwin/CygwinSu
>
> Chris

jon@shuttle (.../jon/tmp) % su root
Password:
su: cannot run /bin/bash: Permission denied

(I've renamed 'Administrator' as 'root' in /etc/passwd)

jon@shuttle (/home/jon) % su dba
Password:
su: cannot set user id: Permission denied

('dba' is another user under windows, exclusively for running
PostgreSQL)


I'm beginning to wonder if my Cygwin installation is cursed...

jon.



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