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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:31:55 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaspreet Singh <jaspreet_online2000 AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: SYSTEM as root user
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yes, you are right i thought of that too but i just gussing that reward to
be root user goes to SYSTEM rather than Administrator coz SYSTEM has
 capability to use 'su'. Just a guess but you are right its easy to patch=
=20
webmin to recognize SYSTEM not root than going into all the way installing
Cygwin as SYSTEM and the making is root User.=20

Thanks

(Some Other Problems for WCAMP Layout)
By the way Do you Know any really good IMAP/POP3 for cygwin with exim. UW=
=20
does not works problem is that it only do cram-md5 login nothing else.
 and compiling php under cygwin with mysql support still searching for
mysql.socket, dont have that coz its mysql client for windows mysql
 server.


--- On Wed, 4/2/09, Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:

> From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Subject: Re: SYSTEM as root user
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Date: Wednesday, 4 February, 2009, 6:04 PM
> Oh please,
>=20
>=20
> http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU
>=20
>=20
> http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR
>=20
>=20
>=20
> 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
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> > 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
>=20
> Public key authentication allows to logon as SYSTEM using
> ssh.
>=20
> Btw., nothing keeps you from patching webmin to recognize
> the SYSTEM
> user as root user as well.
>=20
>=20
> Corinna
>=20
> --=20
> Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails
> regarding Cygwin to
> Cygwin Project Co-Leader          cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Red Hat
>=20
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