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Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2001 11:50:18 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Can't change password
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On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:21:51AM -0700, Mike Slinn wrote:
>su and sudo aren't available - is Cygwin only a partial *nix workalike?

Yes.  Of course Cygwin is only a partial "*nix" workalike.  We're
running on top of Windows.  Do you think that Windows supplies 100% of
the functionality we need to emulate UNIX?

cgf

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