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Re: XML in IE 5.0


From: dleblanc () MINDSPRING COM (David LeBlanc)
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 09:48:26 -0800


At 10:00 AM 1/19/00 -0500, Jesper M. Johansson wrote:

What you are talking about is the Run As... feature.
[snip]
However, it is still severely lacking, compared to a *NIX su:
[snip]
The Run As... is a nice feature, and a good bit better than the NT4 RK SU,
but it is nowhere near a *NIX su yet, unfortunately.

One thing that makes RunAs work better in some cases is to give it the
switch to load the profile of that user, much the same as su -l.  There are
also potential issues with running applications with different user
contexts on the same desktop, as they could be built to interact with one
another.

If you really want to completely change contexts, and have everything work,
then install Terminal Server in administration mode.  You can then start a
TS session back to yourself.  This isn't an option on a workstation,
though.  I use TS quite a bit to do things over a dial-up, and am happy
with the response even over a modem.

David LeBlanc
dleblanc () mindspring com


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