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Re: How to run Cygwin as the root user ?


On 10/4/2010 2:17 PM, Clement, Sebastien wrote:
On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:36:26, Larry Hall wrote:
On 10/1/2010 5:23 PM, Clement, Sebastien wrote:
A very basic question but how can we do that ?

Cygwin runs as whatever user you start it as. Log in and run it. If you need to switch users, you should install the 'openssh' package, read the readme and configure it, and use 'ssh'. There is no 'root' user in Windows and therefore Cygwin. Something close (but certainly not at all the same) is "Administrator".
Thank you Larry for this,

Note: I was unsure on how to reply to this so that the thread would be
followed. What's the best way ?

Just a "reply" is enough.


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