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Date: | Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:34:41 +0100 |
From: | Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: SYSTEM as root user |
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Oh please, http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR On Feb 4 17:41, Jaspreet Singh wrote: > I was just gussing that if i made SYSTEM > user as root user then the problem with the permissions will go I assume you read the Cygwin user's guide about NT security. So you know you can tweak /etc/passwd and rename SYSTEM to root and see what happens. > away the only problem is that i cant ssh or anything else similar > by root user as it will be SYSTEM user and it does not have any password Public key authentication allows to logon as SYSTEM using ssh. Btw., nothing keeps you from patching webmin to recognize the SYSTEM user as root user as well. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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