Where can I find a Unix su (substitute user) like utility?
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. 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).
