> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris January [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 05 March 2003 23:34
> To: jon ewing; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (.../jon/tmp) % su root
Password:
su: cannot run /bin/bash: Permission denied
(I've renamed 'Administrator' as 'root' in /etc/passwd)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (/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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