Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:47:41 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: why am I administrator? Message-ID: <20010111114741.D14548@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20010110163827 DOT 021e72b8 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> <81CC73FC2FACD311A2D200508B8B88AA1ADB07 AT kurion_exch DOT kurion. <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20010110163827 DOT 021e72b8 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> <20010111083520 DOT U4141 AT cobold DOT vinschen DOT de> <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20010111103004 DOT 021ec190 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20010111103004.021ec190@pop.ma.ultranet.com>; from lhall@rfk.com on Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 10:32:33AM -0500 On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 10:32:33AM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: >At 02:35 AM 1/11/2001, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>Create a correct /etc/passwd entry, that's it. `mkpasswd' will be >>your friend. And read the documentation. That helps a lot and avoids >>having _everything_ twice, in the documentation and in the FAQ. > >Right. There's no need to make the FAQ a copy of the user documentation. >An entry that points there for this kind of question would be helpful but >anything much beyond that is overkill and promotes laziness.;-) Welcome to the cygwin mailing list... cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple