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Re: default password for root
- From: "Gene C. Ruzicka" <gcruzicka at earthlink dot net>
- To: "Tim Fletcher" <tfletcher at netfactoriel dot com>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 18:27:57 -0700
- Subject: Re: default password for root
- References: <NGBBLGNMLJPKEPIFPKLHAEMECGAA.tfletcher@netfactoriel.com>
the user's guide shows how you can modify the /etc/passwd file so
that you will be directed to "root" when you invoke cygwin from, say,
a windows account with Administrator privileges; i've done something
like that on my computer. alternatively, you can create user "root" in
windows.
gene
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