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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:18:13 +0200
From: Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi@alice.it>
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Mark J. Reed wrote:
> Administrative users on Windows are
> treated as equivalent to root by Cygwin.

I know that.

> If you're saying that admin users should have to use sudo or
> equivalent to gain elevated access in Cygwin, then that's a feature
> request.  Does it match what Windows does?  Outside of UAC in Vista
> I'm unaware of Administrators having to do anything to activate their
> privileges.

I never said that.


Cheers,
Angelo.

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