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RE: Creating superuser (root) in Cygwin
- From: "Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:33:21 -0000
- Subject: RE: Creating superuser (root) in Cygwin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Olumide
> Sent: 11 November 2004 13:23
> Ok, ok. Those who know more than I do. Today. I'm trying to
> compile and
> install kalarm, which I have downloaded and decompressed. Now the
> instructions go as follows:
>
> cd kalarm-1.1.6
> ./configure
> make
> [ Log in as root ] <- !!! HOW !!!
> cd /path/kalarm-1.1.6
> make install
>
> My question is. How does a Cygwin user (without a root account) get
> round this kidda problem?
Just make sure the username that you've logged into windows with has the
required admin privs; FAPP you probably can just ignore the requirement.
> Please resist the urge to flame.
Aww...... :) http://cygwin.com/acronyms#WJM
cheers,
DaveK
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