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

2003-09-29 Thread Larry Hall
Matt, See the email archives on this one. I suggest you start here: The FAQ may be a little out-of-date on the specifics but the intent is correct. Don't expect 'su' to work even if it exists. Larry At 02:21 PM 9/29/2003, Matt Swift yo

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

2003-09-29 Thread David Starks-Browning
On Monday 29 Sep 03, Matt Swift writes: > 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 o

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

2003-09-29 Thread Matt Swift
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'.