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From:	"Elfyn McBratney" <emcb_exposure AT hotmail DOT com>
To:	bjohnson AT jecinc DOT on DOT ca, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: how to be "superuser" on W98 ?
Date:	Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:04:42 +0000
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There is no root account, Unless your windows username ir root or you have 
changed the pw_name field in /etc/passwd to be root.

Elfyn
elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk

>What happened to the root account?
>
>
>
>Elfyn McBratney (emcb_exposure AT hotmail DOT com) wrote*:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >Because there is a lack of a security model in win9x (95,98,Me) the user
> >logged in is effectively the "su" (superuser). If im understanding you
> >correctly, you mean you cant see /usr/lib when you ls / (???) Can you see
> >usr?
> >
> >Take a look at the manual, this will give you more info on this topic and 
>is
> >also a good source of you have problems:
> >
> >http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html (manual)
> >http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-WIN9XNT
> >
> >Elfyn
> >elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>Could somebody help me be THE superuser on my computer based on W98 ?
> >>
> >>the only line I have in /etc/passwd is :
> >>fernandez::500:544::/home/fernandez:/bin/bash
> >>
> >>and in /etc/group :
> >>unknown::544:
> >>
> >>So, I can access, for example, to /usr/lib, but I can't see this 
>directory
> >>when I launch "ls /"
> >>
> >>Which means I only have user permissions.
> >>
> >>Thanks for aswering and sorry for the noise, if you think it is.
> >>
> >>bye
> >>jo
> >>
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