X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,BOTNET,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4FECD1D6.4010304@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:51:18 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120428 Thunderbird/12.0.1 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygwin: not administrator account? References: <4FECC73B DOT 4050108 AT gmail DOT com> In-reply-to: <4FECC73B.4050108@gmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 6/28/2012 5:06 PM, ping wrote: > experts: > I run into an account priviledge issue here when I tried to setup ssh server > in cygwin. > I don't remember I ever ran into this previously in winXP. > so this is in my win7 HE. > looks I can't ping anything and can't proceed with sshd activation. > but from control panel I'm sure I'm administrator (I'm the only user in this > new laptop so far). If your account has administrator privileges, you need to say you want to use them for the program you're running. To do this, find the "Cygwin Terminal" in your Start Menu and right click on it. Pick "Run as administrator". Proceed as before. -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple