sudo and runas

[Chris January]

> > > > 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
> >
> > Make sure /bin/bash is world executable.
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 596480 Nov 22 19:32 /bin/bash.exe
>
> That's what I found so confusing... ;)
>
> > > (I've renamed 'Administrator' as 'root' in /etc/passwd)
> > >
> > > jon@shuttle (/home/jon) % su dba
> > > Password:
> > > su: cannot set user id: Permission denied
> >
> > Doesn't seem to be authenticating properly here. Are you sure
> > dba has network logon priveleges?
>
> I think so... I can certainly
>
> jon@shuttle (~) % ssh -l dba localhost
>
> and that works fine. Ditto for root, and then bash executes fine. I can
> also log in as dba from the XP logon screen.
>
> Thanks for your help - I'd really like to get this to work.

The su binary on my webpage seems to need more privileges than I remember.
Try assigning yourself the "Replace a Process Level Token" right. I am
working on a version that doesn't require these privileges. Maybe by using
CreateProcessWithLogonW and then re-routing the console or something.

Chris


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