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* Runas command in cygwin
@ 2013-09-21 14:35 jeffwang
  2013-09-21 15:59 ` Andrey Repin
  2013-09-22  0:45 ` Christopher Faylor
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: jeffwang @ 2013-09-21 14:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

Hello,

I tried to use "runas" command in cygwin to run a program as another user.
It failed and didn't wait me to type  the password. 

Any help?

Thanks 



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* Re: Runas command in cygwin
  2013-09-21 14:35 Runas command in cygwin jeffwang
@ 2013-09-21 15:59 ` Andrey Repin
  2013-09-22  0:45 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Andrey Repin @ 2013-09-21 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jeffwang, cygwin

Greetings, jeffwang!

> I tried to use "runas" command in cygwin to run a program as another user.
> It failed and didn't wait me to type  the password. 

> Any help?

Any more details?... My crystal ball is in service.


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Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 21.09.2013, <18:33>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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* Re: Runas command in cygwin
  2013-09-21 14:35 Runas command in cygwin jeffwang
  2013-09-21 15:59 ` Andrey Repin
@ 2013-09-22  0:45 ` Christopher Faylor
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Christopher Faylor @ 2013-09-22  0:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 05:56:26AM -0700, jeffwang wrote:
>I tried to use "runas" command in cygwin to run a program as another
>user.  It failed and didn't wait me to type the password.
>
>Any help?

runas is likely a native windows program which doesn't understand
Cygwin's ptys as used by mintty.

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