Root Permissions - Vista Home Edition

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

David Halstead wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have spent a week trying to find how to 'su' or login as root, and have 
> failed abysmally.
> 
> Could you please help me resolve this.

"root" doesn't mean anything on Windows natively.  "Administrator" is a
close (but still quite different) substitute.  In any case, try installing
the 'openssh' package, configuring it as per the readme in
/usr/share/doc/Cygwin, and then 'ssh Administrator@localhost'.  Use
password authentication (the default really).

> It appears that there is no way to grant the permissions stated in Corinnas 
> Document, but there has to be some way round the problem.

Ah yes, Corinna's document.  We're all so familiar with this document so
it is called just that - "Corinna's Document" or CD for short.  ;-)


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