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Date:   Thu, 25 Apr 2002 07:17:35 +0200
From: Gilgamesh Nootebos <Gilgamesh.Nootebos@elegant.nl>
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CC: Daniel Adams <danpadams@infomagic.net>
Subject: Re: Login as a different user?
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Hi,

Daniel Adams wrote:
> Is there a way to login as a different user (under cygwin for a shell) for a
> win2k machine running the latest everything for cygwin? I am curious of this
> for multiple reasons.

I stumbled on this question too and foud out that using 'ssh -l <user> 
localhost' in combination with keychain works just fine. I learned most 
of what I needed to know from the ssh docs and here - 
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/l-keyc.html?dwzone=opensource

> 
> I hope someone is able to help me with this predicament.
> 
HTH

Gilgamesh
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T: +31 36 54 77 100


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