Hi Richard, a short answer pretty busy, hopes its enough to get you started...
> Tell me about it, Justin! > No, Nobody mentioned that! > How does it work? Is it part of the OS or an add-on? It's a Win2000 native service , look in services Description : "Enables starting processes under alternate credentials" Nearest thing to sudo (ala Linux) I know of > Also, can it be ported/made to work on NT? Might need to use the CreateProcessWithLogonW http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/appsec.asp http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/pro thred_2gl3.asp > If it only works on W2000, it might not be good enough for my needs... > Only works on Win2000 AFAIK , although might in XP etc. http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q294676&; http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/windows_security_runas.h tm Actually one of those articles mentions XP so..... > Thanks for your reply, > Richard > > -- > Richard Troy, Chief Scientist > Science Tools Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED], 510-567-9957, http://ScienceTools.com/ > > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Justin MacCarthy wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:28:25 +0100 > > From: Justin MacCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Richard Troy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: cygwin mentors? Was: bash and the suid bit > > > > I haven't followed this tread, but I had a quick look , did > anyone mention > > the RunAs service in WIn2000? > > > > Might solve your problem ??? > > > > Justin > > > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
