newbie: using su

[Doug Wyatt]

Last I heard, su won't do anything for you in Cygwin.  But, if
you are on NT4, and have the NT Resource Kit, you can create
a shortcut to use the su.exe that comes with NTResKit.

Example:
    With NTResKit in C:\etc\ntreskit and Cygwin in C:\cygwin, the
    shortcut Target string would look something like this:

    C:\etc\ntreskit\su.exe  LogName  C:\cygwin\cygwin.bat  .  -w

You'll get a small command window with a password prompt.  Just
give the correct password for LogName and the first window will go
away and a Bash window will appear.

Regards,
Doug Wyatt

> Where can I find out what the following means?
> I want to run a shell as a different user.
> TIA,
> MC
> 
> 
> 
> mcameron@DONTCARE ~
> $ su - trendadm
> su: cannot set user id: Not owner
> 
> mcameron@DONTCARE ~
> 
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