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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:04:36 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: How to add root user?
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On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 02:54:20PM +0800, Jiang zhou wrote:
> In cygwin windows, when I use su command, it shows:
> su: user root does not exist.
> 
> How to add root user?

You don't.  su doesn't work.  Search the mailing list archives and/or
the FAQ.

Corinna

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