Re: change of user in ssh session of windows

Mike Erdely <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:51:37 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.network.ssh.windows
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Try the "runas" windows command.  Sudo and su do not work on Windows.

-ME

[email protected] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed COPSSH 1.4.1 in my windows machine to make it working
> 
> as server. I created & activated the users as per the instructions given.
> 
> Everything works fine.
> 
> Now my requirement is that, in the opened (established) ssh session
> 
> of windows, I want to re-login as some other user.
> 
> See the scenario below:
> 
> -----Clip-----
> 
> C:\>ssh [email protected]
> 
> [email protected]'s password:
> 
> Last login: Fri Nov 24 13:52:09 2006 from localhost
> 
> root@4FID01455 ~
> 
> $ su - vamsikp
> 
> -bash: /bin/su: No such file or directory
> 
> root@4FID01455 ~
> 
> -----Clip-----
> 
> For this, what we usually do for linux is “su - <user>” which takes
> 
> to the specified user shell after successful authentication.
> 
> But in COPSSH, I didn’t find “su” utility.
> 
> I installed GNU UnxUtils in my windows as well for having the unix
> 
> kind of utilities & I find “su” as well there. But it doesn’t have any
> 
> association to the local/domain users in the machine. It complains
> 
> that the user does not exist.
> 
> Can anyone suggest as how to do this?
> 
> BR,
> 
> - Vamsi.
> 


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