Mail Archives: cygwin/2008/11/17/11:50:51
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:34:49AM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> David Halstead wrote:
>>> 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.
>> "root" doesn't mean anything on Windows natively. "Administrator" is a
>> close (but still quite different) substitute. In any case, try installing
>> the 'openssh' package, configuring it as per the readme in
>> /usr/share/doc/Cygwin, and then 'ssh Administrator AT localhost'. Use
>> password authentication (the default really).
>>
>>> 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.
>> Ah yes, Corinna's document. We're all so familiar with this document so
>> it is called just that - "Corinna's Document" or CD for short. ;-)
>
> Actually, I'm so familiar with it that I refer to it as "" for short.
LOL!
> It seems like some judicious reading of http://problems.html might be in
> order.
Or even just http://p.htm for short! ;-)
Seriously, the link below is useful reading when looking for help from
this list:
> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
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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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