At 02:26 PM 8/16/2004, you wrote: >>>Hi, >>>I got my /etc/passwd and /etc/group from mkpasswd and mkgroup. When I'm loged as >>>user, sometimes I need to get administrator privileges, for instance, to make and >>>install a library or program. How do I do that? I tried: >>>su administrator >>>but it always says I'm using the wrong password (I use the same password I use to >>>log as administrator). What am I doing wrong? >> >>You didn't read this: >> >>>FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >>See "Why doesn't `su' work?": >><http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC39> > > After reading that and further docs, I managed to get login (instead of su) to > work, but only when I am logged in Windows as administrator. Do you know why I can't > get that to work for other users?
Did you read the 'login' README? It says: ====================================================================== Under NT/2K/XP, login(1) is _not_ supposed to work on the command line to change user context! Though you're able to tweak user permissions to get login(1) working that way, that's NOT officially supported. ====================================================================== Message <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-06/msg00897.html>, which the FAQ refers to. points to the real solution. Install 'openssh' and use 'ssh'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/