On 09/11/2014 09:16 PM, Denis Mühle wrote: > Hello, > > today i've updated my cygwin and now i have a big problem. the "su" > command was removed. > > https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2014-08/msg00245.html > > > i need "su" to start my services as seperate user, > because i have a webinterface to manage my services for both Linux and > Windows and it needs the "su" command. > > > > - will the "su" command come back to cygwin?
I've debated about reviving 'su' as it was in coreutils 8.15 into its own package, unlikely to ever be further updated (except maybe recompiled as needed), but that takes work and free time, so anyone else is more than welcome to attempt it first. > > - or is there a alternative workaround? ( without password / login ) You could always compile it yourself, from the 8.15 sources as patched downstream for cygwin. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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