From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9057 invoked by alias); 4 Oct 2010 18:18:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 9048 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Oct 2010 18:18:04 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from s0-ott-xsmtp4.nrcan.gc.ca (HELO S0-OTT-XSMTP4.nrn.nrcan.gc.ca) (132.156.37.16) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:17:53 +0000 Received: from S0-OTT-X3.nrn.nrcan.gc.ca ([132.156.36.207]) by S0-OTT-XSMTP4.nrn.nrcan.gc.ca with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Mon, 4 Oct 2010 14:17:50 -0400 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: How to run Cygwin as the root user ? Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:18:00 -0000 Message-ID: <8C16DEDEF6DE8B418A724B298297A53004150068@S0-OTT-X3.nrn.nrcan.gc.ca> From: "Clement, Sebastien" To: Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-10/txt/msg00062.txt.bz2 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 ? =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D Re: How to run Cygwin as the root user ? * From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" * To: cygwin at cygwin dot com * Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:36:26 -0400 * Subject: Re: How to run Cygwin as the root user ? * References: <8C16DEDEF6DE8B418A724B298297A5300414FD92@S0-OTT-X3.nrn.nrcan.gc.ca> * Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com ________________________________________ On 10/1/2010 5:23 PM, Clement, Sebastien wrote:=20 A very basic question but how can we do that ?=20 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". -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple