X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:52:23 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Root Permissions - Vista Home Edition Message-ID: <20081119105223.GC10351@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <200811171046.49338.david-halstead@btconnect.com> <49219D29.4040500@cygwin.com> <20081117164212.GA8702@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <49219FC9.7090201@cygwin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49219FC9.7090201@cygwin.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Nov 17 11:46, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:34:49AM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> David Halstead wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> I have spent a week trying to find how to 'su' or login as root, and >>>> have failed abysmally. >>>> Could you please help me resolve this. >>> "root" doesn't mean anything on Windows natively. "Administrator" is a >>> close (but still quite different) substitute. In any case, try >>> installing >>> the 'openssh' package, configuring it as per the readme in >>> /usr/share/doc/Cygwin, and then 'ssh Administrator@localhost'. Use >>> password authentication (the default really). >>> >>>> It appears that there is no way to grant the permissions stated in >>>> Corinnas Document, but there has to be some way round the problem. >>> Ah yes, Corinna's document. We're all so familiar with this document so >>> it is called just that - "Corinna's Document" or CD for short. ;-) >> Actually, I'm so familiar with it that I refer to it as "" for short. > > LOL! Which only shows how bad at documentation I am. Even the name of the docs are lost in history. 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/