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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:39:29 +0200
From: "MORENO CANTADOR, PATRICIA" <100033627 AT alumnos DOT uc3m DOT es>
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Subject: Re: How can I create root user?
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Hi,

    I'm doing a project in which I'm trying to establish a connection 
between a client (Linux) and a server (Windows), in whom I need to 
execute the daemon to connect. For execution of my program I need to be 
root.

Thanks.


Igor Peshansky <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> dijo:

> On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, MORENO CANTADOR, PATRICIA wrote:
>
>>    I'm new at using cygwin. I need to have user with root privileges to
>> execute a daemon, but I have discovered I don't have root user, however
>> I do have a group called root. There isn't any user assigned to this
>> group, so I don't really have any user with those privileges. I have a
>> user called "administrador" and I have also a group called
>> "administradores" with ID 544, but the user "administrador" haven't this
>> ID assigned, it have ID 513. How can I create a root user or something
>> similar to have root privileges to execute the daemon?
>
> Patricia,
>
> Before asking how you can create a root user, why not tell us what you're
> trying to achieve (i.e., which daemon you want to execute and why you
> think it needs a root user).
> 	Igor
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>

-- 
Patricia Moreno


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