On Feb 7 15:15, Jaspreet Singh wrote: > hi, i just created a new user 'test' in windows and in /etc/passwd, in > windows 'test' is a member of 'Users' group. Now when i run /bin/bash > as SYSTEM User it 'su' to any user in there with valid shell, but it is > not doing 'su' to User 'test'. > > So, i tried 'Runas' running CMD as SYSTEM user of windows its still not > login in to bash as User 'test'. It saying 'Permission Denied'. > > I just wanted to know that as SYSTEM has rights to 'su' to any user why > its not 'su' to user that i just created.
If the process running as SYSTEM is started as or from a Windows service, the the user token of the process has not the "create a token object" right starting with Windows Server 2003. This disallows switching the user context if no password for the new user is given. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
