Re: [1.7] su (goldstar)

> 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)

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)

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)

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

On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 cgf wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:15:17PM +0100, lemke...@t-online.de wrote: Is su supposed to work? No. Ok. Michael -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/do

Re: [1.7] su (goldstar)

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

Re: [1.7] su

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 that it doesn't work. http://cygwin.com/1.7/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.su

Re: [1.7] su

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:15:17PM +0100, lemke...@t-online.de wrote: >Is su supposed to work? No. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.c

Re: [1.7] su

On 11/19/2009 02:15 PM, lemke...@t-online.de wrote: Is su supposed to work? In a word - No. -- Andrew DeFaria If a mime is arrested do they tell him he has the right to talk? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com

[1.7] su

Is su supposed to work? When I try from an unprivileged account I get: michael> su addmini Password: su: /bin/bash: Permission denied michael> procps -ef UIDPID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD michael 7580 1 0 Nov28 tty0 00:00:11 /usr/bin/rxvt -sb -sl 1024 -geom mich