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Date:	Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:06:27 -0400
To:	loren jan wilson <loren AT uchicago DOT edu>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: making a user (FAQ but can't find answer)
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At 11:05 AM 6/24/2004, you wrote:
>Dear cygwin community,
>
>I've tried everything I can think of to try to add a user to 
>cygwin, but haven't been able to use ssh, ftp, su, or login to
>login as anybody except the user that Cygwin is running as.


Sounds like you're not running your services as 'SYSTEM' but 
rather as the user you installed as.  But you're a little vague
on the details so I might be jumping to conclusions.  If that's
not the problem, please provide some details and the requested 
info from:

>Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html


A short, simple example of something you're trying which doesn't
work for you with supporting files/data would be most helpful.


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