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`Where can I find a Unix su (substitute user) like utility?
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`Where can I find a Unix su (substitute user) like utility?
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`A. Background for those unfamiliar with Unix: It is a good idea for system
`administrators to do everyday's work with a low privileged account and only change
`to an account which is a member of the Administrators group if you really have to do
`administrative work. To avoid closing all open applications and log off, it is useful to
`have a utility that allows you to temporarily start applications running in the security
`context of a different account.
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`The Resource Kits ships SU.EXE, a free equivalent is SU.ZIP (on Cica in /admin).
`Both require setting system privileges for the caller. An alternative is SUSRV.ZIP
`(also from Cica), which has to be installed as a service, but does not require
`privileges. There is no equivalence to Unix suid programs (i.e. a file attribute which
`achieves that the file is run in the security context of the owner instead of the caller,
`without specifying a password).
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`A new utility is NTsu which will allow you to run programs in the security context of
`any user in your system or domain. NTsu also allow you to have multiple desktop's,
`each one for a different user, and you can switch from one to another. NTsu is
`FreeWare. It can be downloaded from http://32bit.bhs.com or
`http://www.ntfaq.com/ntfaq/download/ntsu10.zip . The official page is at
`http://www.teleline.es/personal/quimeras/ntsu/ntsu.htm
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`John Savill | Dec 09, 1999
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`Where can I find a Unix su (substitute user) like utility?
`11/10/2019
`Windows 2000 now supplies RUNAS.EXE which allows a program to run as another
`user (see 'How can I run a program as another user in Windows 2000? ' for more
`information).
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