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Subject:	Root Permissions - Vista Home Edition
Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:46:49 +0000
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Hi,

I have spent a week trying to find how to 'su' or login as root, and have 
failed abysmally.

Could you please help me resolve this.

It appears that there is no way to grant the permissions stated in Corinnas 
Document, but there has to be some way round the problem.

rgds
david halstead

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