> > > > 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 > > > > 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) > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (/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 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (~) % 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 -- 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/