When a user with administrative privileges logs in to sshd, it seems that the user is only granted standard user privileges for that session. Is there a way around that? How can I get the admin privileges for that session?
Cygwin 1.7.9, Windows 7 Home Premium. I've created a user account in Windows named "backup" that I want to use for backup operations. So, I want to be able to log in by ssh as user backup, and perform read/write operations. Since my version of Windows 7 is a "Home" version there's no Backup Operators group, so I've created the backup account as a standard user, and granted it backup and restore privileges: editrights -a SeBackupPrivilege -u backup editrights -a SeRestorePrivilege -u backup >From what I can tell, these privileges should be sufficient for backup to read >and write any files - see e.g. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530716(v=vs.85).aspx. But when I log in on sshd as user backup, I'm not able to read other users files. It seems that I've only been granted standard user privileges. Might this be caused by UAC? When I log in by ssh, there's no way for UAC to prompt me for privilege escalation. Or, does it have to do with the implementation of sshd in Cygwin? Most important, is it possible for the logged in sshd user to gain its elevated privileges? Thanks, Andrew. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
