From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 87703 invoked by alias); 17 Aug 2018 18:26:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 87671 invoked by uid 89); 17 Aug 2018 18:26:02 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=rights, Hx-spam-relays-external:ESMTPA X-HELO: vsmx012.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net Received: from vsmx012.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (HELO vsmx012.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net) (153.92.174.90) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:26:01 +0000 Received: from vsmx004.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (unknown [192.168.75.198]) by mta-8-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C26D8CDB55 for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:25:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Gertrud (unknown [87.185.210.65]) by mta-8-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 24F07CDFAC for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:25:56 +0000 (UTC) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: equivalent to su or sudo? References: <20180817100101.GB24845@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:55:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20180817100101.GB24845@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> (Ulli Horlacher's message of "Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:01:01 +0200") Message-ID: <87efewu9xn.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2018-08/txt/msg00237.txt.bz2 Ulli Horlacher writes: > I need to run some scripts with full administrator rights (for chown, > chmod, setfacl). Whatever runs these scripts must already have aquired administrative rights. > Is there a cygwin equivalent to su or sudo? No, you can only start out with administrative rights and then drop them when no longer needed (cygdrop --help). Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Wavetables for the Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#BlofeldUserWavetables -- 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