From: Jochen Wiedmann <jochen.wiedmann@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Feature request: sudo
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:17:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAF8HOZJ9U36twWekhwtrC6w7DMdvde0z3PxrP65ExZYxDLf2Xg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Hi,
as someone who is quite used to typing
sudo do something
I would really like to do the same in my CygWin bash.In my opinion,
this could be implemented
relatively simply, and straightforward as follows:
- Accept an array of strings with the command, that is being
executed with administrator
privileges.
- Use the standard Windows API to execute some functionality with
admin privileges.
In the current case, that functionality would be a simple exec
with the above command line.
The result would be a sudo executable without some of the configurable
features of the
Linux/Unix sudo (like execution without password, or execution of
special command lines
without root privileges), but just the same for all practical
purposes. I think, that a lot of users
would benefit.
Thanks,
Jochen
--
Philosophy is useless, theology is worse. (Industrial Disease, Dire Straits)
next reply other threads:[~2023-01-19 19:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-19 19:17 Jochen Wiedmann [this message]
2023-01-19 20:38 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-01-19 21:27 ` Kevin Schnitzius
2023-01-19 21:53 ` Thomas Wolff
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