Re: sudo and runas

2003-03-11 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 09:26:05PM -, Chris January wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 10:56:11AM -, Chris January wrote: > > > 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 > > > >

RE: sudo and runas

2003-03-11 Thread Chris January
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 10:56:11AM -, Chris January wrote: > > 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 > > You're opening up the security hole par excellence by doing this. I know.

Re: sudo and runas

2003-03-10 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 10:56:11AM -, Chris January wrote: > 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 You're opening up the security hole par excellence by doing this. Corinna -- Corin

RE: sudo and runas

2003-03-10 Thread Chris January
> > > > 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. > > -

RE: sudo and runas

2003-03-10 Thread Jon Ewing
> > > 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

Re: sudo and runas

2003-03-09 Thread Max Bowsher
Chris January wrote: >> [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? su doesn't work! It never has! It requires priviledges which are not default,

RE: sudo and runas

2003-03-09 Thread Chris January
> > > 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 Administrat

RE: sudo and runas

2003-03-08 Thread Randall R Schulz
Gar-Gar, At 03:04 2003-03-08, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > At 14:22 2003-03-06, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > >Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > >>To Whom It May Concern, > >> > >>Beware programmers named after Roman gods with eyes (and faces) on > >>both sides of their head bearing pre-compiled software. He

RE: sudo and runas

2003-03-08 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> At 14:22 2003-03-06, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > >Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > >>To Whom It May Concern, > >> > >>Beware programmers named after Roman gods with eyes (and faces) on > >>both sides of their head bearing pre-compiled software. He sees the > >>outside _and_ inside! Get it? He's trying t

RE: sudo and runas

2003-03-07 Thread jon ewing
> -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,

Re: sudo and runas

2003-03-06 Thread Randall R Schulz
At 14:22 2003-03-06, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Randall R Schulz wrote: To Whom It May Concern, Beware programmers named after Roman gods with eyes (and faces) on both sides of their head bearing pre-compiled software. He sees the outside _and_ inside! Get it? He's trying to see inside your system

Re: sudo and runas

2003-03-06 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Randall R Schulz wrote: To Whom It May Concern, Beware programmers named after Roman gods with eyes (and faces) on both sides of their head bearing pre-compiled software. He sees the outside _and_ inside! Get it? He's trying to see inside your system even while he seems to be looking the other

RE: sudo and runas

2003-03-05 Thread Randall R Schulz
To Whom It May Concern, Beware programmers named after Roman gods with eyes (and faces) on both sides of their head bearing pre-compiled software. He sees the outside _and_ inside! Get it? He's trying to see inside your system even while he seems to be looking the other way. Pretty slick, Chri

RE: sudo and runas

2003-03-05 Thread Chris January
> 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 s

Re: sudo and runas

2003-03-04 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Jon Ewing wrote: > > >> > Jon, > >> > > >> > How about describing the symptoms? > >> > >> I gotta remember the verbage of that one. Short, sweet and to the point. > >> [snip] > >> (I must be getting mean :-) > > > >Hmm, DTFS, eh? > > > >Sorry, sorry, no more gratuitous acronyms

Re: sudo and runas

2003-03-04 Thread Jon Ewing
>> > Jon, >> > >> > How about describing the symptoms? >> >> I gotta remember the verbage of that one. Short, sweet and to the point. >> It never ceases to amaze me how many times people ask for help stating >> that what they tried didn't work but totally lacking of any of the >> details of the pr

Re: sudo and runas

2003-03-03 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > Jon, > > > > How about describing the symptoms? > > I gotta remember the verbage of that one. Short, sweet and to the point. > It never ceases to amaze me how many times people ask for help stating > that what they tried did

Re: sudo and runas

2003-03-03 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Randall R Schulz wrote: Jon, How about describing the symptoms? I gotta remember the verbage of that one. Short, sweet and to the point. It never ceases to amaze me how many times people ask for help stating that what they tried didn't work but totally lacking of any of the details of the pro

Re: sudo and runas

2003-03-03 Thread Randall R Schulz
Jon, How about describing the symptoms? I tried this: % runas /user:Administrator 'D:\cygwin\bin\vim.exe' Enter password for Administrator: Attempting to start "D:\cygwin\bin\vim.exe" as user "Administrator"... There was a rather long pause between the "Attempting ..." message and the Vim windo