Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: no user root Reply-To: greywolf@the-junkyard.net References: <410-220033326155347652@M2W053.mail2web.com> Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed From: "Chalres "grey wolf" Banas" Organization: the Junkyard Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:38:51 -0700 In-Reply-To: <410-220033326155347652@M2W053.mail2web.com> User-Agent: Opera7.0/Win32 M2 build 2637 On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:53:47 -0500, lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com wrote: > Make a user "root" if you want to using "net user" but the privileged > user account on Windows is "Administrator". That may be what you're > looking for. > i don't know if it would be of any help, but the group policy editor allows you to change the name of Administrator. run "gpedit.msc". i changed my Administrator login to "root"... just for shits and giggles. -- Charles "grey wolf" Banas http://the-junkyard.net tech advisor -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/