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Re: Request for help debugging screen problem
On Feb 5 17:31, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Feb 5 15:58, Shaddy Baddah wrote:
> > I thought it was common knowledge that logging in to an
> > Administrtors grouped user in Vista or Windows 7 is not enough to
> > defeat the (default) UAC, and you remain unelevated from a privilege
> > standpoint. That is why I have no choice but to unlock the genuine
> > Administrator (and rename it just in case).
>
> No, that's not quite correct. If you call LogonUser (or the cyglsa sort
> of password-less authentication) successfully, the system returns the
> non-elevated token as well as the elevated token as a so-called linked
> token. In case of pubkey authentication, Cygwin refers to the elevated
> token and uses that to switch the user context. In case of password
> authentication it does not do that so far.
In CVS it does now.
Corinna
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