Re: [1.7] su (goldstar)

2009-11-20 Thread Andrew Schulman
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:46:14PM -0600, DePriest, Jason R. wrote: > >On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:15 PM, <> wrote: > >> Is su supposed to work? ?When I try from an unprivileged account > >> I get: > > > >I did the work of visiting the cygwin home page to read the 1.7 FAQ > >and user guide. > > >

Re: [1.7] su (goldstar)

2009-11-19 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 11/19/2009 05:40 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:26:53PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Sometimes no is exactly the right answer. It's a fun way of answering a Yes/No question and I've done it countless times myself. The recipient of the "No" *usually* finds more expl

Re: [1.7] su (goldstar)

2009-11-19 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:26:53PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >On 11/19/2009 02:52 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> Hey, you know, this is goldstar worthy. You really reminded me of the >> right way to handle this type of question. Seriously. >> >> It's always best to provide more details than ju

Re: [1.7] su (goldstar)

2009-11-19 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 11/19/2009 02:52 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: Hey, you know, this is goldstar worthy. You really reminded me of the right way to handle this type of question. Seriously. It's always best to provide more details than just "No". I forgot that. Thanks for (indirectly) reminding me. Sometimes

Re: [1.7] su (goldstar)

2009-11-19 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:46:14PM -0600, DePriest, Jason R. wrote: >On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:15 PM, <> wrote: >> Is su supposed to work? ?When I try from an unprivileged account >> I get: > >I did the work of visiting the cygwin home page to read the 1.7 FAQ >and user guide. > >Here you are told