root privileges

Hi all! I am developing a program that requires root privileges to run (e.g. it calls ioctl to set communication lines at a serial port). Even though I am an administrator of my WinXP workstation, cygwin keeps giving me EPERM. Ok, I've read: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mappi

native win32 apps and cygwin-based dlls

Hi all! Can gcc-generated, cygwin-based dlls be loaded by native win32 applications? If so, is there anything special (flags, etc.) about the build (or load) procedure in that case? Thanks in advance. Cheers, Jorge. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem r

Re: root privileges

EM-owned shell", to no avail. Thanks in advance for any pointers. Cheers, Jorge. Jorge Marques Pelizzoni escreveu: > > Hi all! > > I am developing a program that requires root privileges to run (e.g. it > calls ioctl to set communication lines at a serial port). Even though I am