On Dec 15 16:07, Kizito Porta Balanyà wrote: > Hello, I have a "fast question".
No fast answer, though. > Is the following script the correct one to create a root user in > cygwin with all the necessary privileges? > > https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-11/txt00002.txt This is 11 years old, pre-Vista, pre-UAC. Don't create a root user. It just doesn't make sense under Windows. Use the administrative accounts which already exist, or use the cyg_server account created by various scripts in the distro to start services required the right to switch the user context. See https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html or better the preliminary documentation for the upcoming Cygwin 1.7.34 release https://cygwin.com/preliminary-ug/ntsec.html Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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