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Re: How can I create root user?


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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