How to run Cygwin as the root user ?

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

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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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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