Re: how to be "superuser" on W98 ?

["joel fernandez" <jooj at tiscali dot fr>]

Thank you for your help,

But I read this doc before sending the mail, and I don't understand why I can't have root permissions. Even though I know that W98 has problem with security.

the result of "ls /" is :

bin cygwin.bat cygwin.ico etc home lib sbin tmp usr var

and "ls /usr" writes :
X11R6    doc            i686-pc-mingw32 info  man  share ssl var
autotool i686-pc-cygwin include         local sbin src   tmp


thanks
bye

jo

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>From      : "Elfyn McBratney" <emcb_exposure@hotmail.com>
To          : jooj@tiscali.fr, cygwin@cygwin.com
Cc          :
Date      : Thu, 28 Nov 2002 08:19:30 +0000
Subject : Re: how to be "superuser" on W98 ?

> Hi,
>
> Because there is a lack of a security model in win9x (95,98,Me) the user
> logged in is effectively the "su" (superuser). If im understanding you
> correctly, you mean you cant see /usr/lib when you ls / (???) Can you see
> usr?
>
> Take a look at the manual, this will give you more info on this topic and is
> also a good source of you have problems:
>
> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html (manual)
> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-WIN9XNT
>
> Elfyn
> elfyn@exposure.org.uk
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >Could somebody help me be THE superuser on my computer based on W98 ?
> >
> >the only line I have in /etc/passwd is :
> >fernandez::500:544::/home/fernandez:/bin/bash
> >
> >and in /etc/group :
> >unknown::544:
> >
> >So, I can access, for example, to /usr/lib, but I can't see this directory
> >when I launch "ls /"
> >
> >Which means I only have user permissions.
> >
> >Thanks for aswering and sorry for the noise, if you think it is.
> >
> >bye
> >jo
> >
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