X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s= default; b=K/t1g4BTj5J6316P5HFUD0eU8uGjVTqB3S/uazawtO8+DnD8Do2id fbY6AAqY3uXLogoz51Sj/jjHkmkh5bW1t8PWGrJYdIldfgCvdM9ZeUl8LPOlY2Oa PoI9X/HsU+xt5yYLiHZ0aeN72mH5kHs2+tToa4j9FJSxpPHfJe4R44= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=S3bOqxyO4QmJH68l5kxnFq+k6Jk=; b=V0ln+wB1dEVSiVTMGnxg0KU9qAHd ToupqNZMg+f+KwF98AuC6juo9mGwJNVQB45KHMhcae2eW7NCZuVJFikUX+twLx7v Ahq2dvGDIeFrXI0dbfigqXQXfvn0EkdjDJrIuL1Pc8OiGq9SjRavQjld02u6Uatq JzG8TLZHzXshhBo= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 16:23:05 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: create root user question Message-ID: <20141215152305.GC10824@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Dec 15 16:07, Kizito Porta Balany=C3=A0 wrote: > Hello, I have a "fast question". No fast answer, though. > Is the following script the correct one to create a root user in > cygwin with all the necessary privileges? >=20 > https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-11/txt00002.txt This is 11 years old, pre-Vista, pre-UAC. Don't create a root user. It just doesn't make sense under Windows. Use the administrative accounts which already exist, or use the cyg_server account created by various scripts in the distro to start services required the right to switch the user context. See https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html or better the preliminary documentation for the upcoming Cygwin 1.7.34 release https://cygwin.com/preliminary-ug/ntsec.html Corinna --=20 Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUjvzZAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+g/tAP/18Rhjgf4I7nmTnhNnmZiHd/ dqlaOWEOSpJU9F9gDo3SODifhNImvX5J4/tYPz01pCNKK9I1NdAWOJYrAcMM3IiA wuusom7NhkXAfxWH9vhG6qg+fNp+THnvF+Ama6kR1r8at+nINz8VD08eXQAHNG9l 1t5bPRVmtytnENUk1NZrtRTuRKn3HV5NTAQfxoqlDrG+kjSOuBIquWF+1dtgMcTr h0CdFZgyNhxZGFGkbqBZOy9q8/qTC+60AHJNXWN+0SPl81wB+MfRUqG8FFlK5UjP z/FKYLLmNWI/pcW8lGypLnyyIvSo+J9EN7CMx8a1FaO5NLcEwVcJZSJKKVWNgZ1G +w+v7tuxsctpBy/YhPqb4dvlhJ+dki9fFaIWZk4NOmZkwiuzUsSl+JiAtmer4bNo zJdFiCrYlYtN85StBS7fJI4DrzKmSWyHB2DNTwWDipcuxEhTprT+qW/tmj/1mqHU 8ACaLvysMp/1yYFehEX9qNFSct2vL9fon3Qvx9cKb+F15HK5CAsun9+ZlIKN99oj WIUPdw0/5I7kAPNEYSzsq9fGHGG6CrXP9XCNlDnRTOGx9xTgFMS+mbSPV7RgCl32 GXq/tu5gNlt/cJGj3x/Ny45v80MtZojwxFFtOyKsCv6cyi8XMS6lGJEtJz7uSCdn mLOGNJSAXqPOGVZMwJpE =tcRB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R--