Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:42:12 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Root Permissions - Vista Home Edition
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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.

It seems like some judicious reading of http://problems.html might be in
order.

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