/usr/bin/su.exe in sh-utils always fails

[Matt Swift <swift at alum dot mit dot edu>]

The Cygwin FAQ says that there is no `su' command in recent versions
of Cygwin, The sh-utils package, however, currently contains an `su'
command, but it doesn't work.  The shell transcript below illustrates
the problem.  You have to trust me that I offer the same password to
`su' as I do to `ssh'.


    [vav] swift> hostname; uname -a
    vav
    CYGWIN_NT-5.1 vav 1.5.5(0.94/3/2) 2003-09-20 16:31 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin
    [vav] swift> whoami
    swift
    [vav] swift> su kate
    Password:
    su: incorrect password
    [vav] swift> whoami
    swift
    [vav] swift> ssh kate@vav
    kate@vav's password: 
    [vav] kate> whoami
    kate
    [vav] kate> exit
    logout
    Connection to vav closed.
    [vav] swift> whoami
    swift
    [vav] swift> 


    [vav] swift> cygcheck /usr/bin/su.exe
    C:/cygwin/bin/su.exe
      C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll
        C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll
      C:/cygwin/bin\cygwin1.dll
      C:/cygwin/bin\cygintl-2.dll
        C:/cygwin/bin\cygiconv-2.dll

    [vav] swift> cygcheck -f /usr/bin/su.exe
    sh-utils-2.0.15-4

    [vav] swift> cygcheck -c sh-utils
    Cygwin Package Information
    Package              Version        Status
    sh-utils             2.0.15-4       OK

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