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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:54:13 -0500
To: "Crescioli, Phil" <Phil DOT Crescioli AT gd-ais DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Installing cygwin on Win XP Pro for multiple users
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At 10:16 AM 1/12/2005, you wrote:
>All,
>I have browsed the cygwin documentation, FAQ, and news group
>emails and still have some general questions.
>
>We have installed cygwin and checked the option to install for 
>"multiple users". Does cygwin support multiple users on win XP Pro?
>Is there any documentation or FYI's anyone can pass on with respect
>to anything I should know about multiple users on a winXP box
>using the same cygwin install?

There's no document detailing any usage differences from Linux/UNIX, no.
A couple of things I can think of that are worth noting is that Cygwin is 
not a secure environment, which has more bearing in a multi-user environment,
and 'su' doesn't work (use 'ssh' instead).




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