From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: How to run Cygwin as the root user ?
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:04:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CAA415F.1020101@cygwin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8C16DEDEF6DE8B418A724B298297A53004150068@S0-OTT-X3.nrn.nrcan.gc.ca>
On 10/4/2010 2:17 PM, Clement, Sebastien wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:36:26, Larry Hall wrote:
>> On 10/1/2010 5:23 PM, Clement, Sebastien wrote:
>>> A very basic question but how can we do that ?
>>
>> Cygwin runs as whatever user you start it as. Log in and run
>> it. If you need to switch users, you should install the
>> 'openssh' package, read the readme and configure it, and
>> use 'ssh'. There is no 'root' user in Windows and therefore
>> Cygwin. Something close (but certainly not at all the same)
>> is "Administrator".
> Thank you Larry for this,
>
> Note: I was unsure on how to reply to this so that the thread would be
> followed. What's the best way ?
Just a "reply" is enough.
_____________________________________________________________________
A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-04 18:18 Clement, Sebastien
2010-10-04 21:04 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin) [this message]
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2010-10-01 21:23 Clement, Sebastien
2010-10-01 21:36 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
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