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Re: no user root
- From: "Chalres "grey wolf" Banas" <greywolf at the-junkyard dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:38:51 -0700
- Subject: Re: no user root
- Organization: the Junkyard
- References: <410-220033326155347652@M2W053.mail2web.com>
- Reply-to: greywolf at the-junkyard dot net
On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:53:47 -0500, lhall at pop dot ma dot ultranet dot com
<lhall at pop dot ma dot ultranet dot com> wrote:
Make a user "root" if you want to using "net user" but the privileged
user account on Windows is "Administrator". That may be what you're
looking for.
i don't know if it would be of any help, but the group policy editor allows
you to change the name of Administrator.
run "gpedit.msc".
i changed my Administrator login to "root"... just for shits and giggles.
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Charles "grey wolf" Banas
http://the-junkyard.net tech advisor
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