"Mark Paulus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > See, I told you I would forget something important.... Ignore the > dpkg-source. Just copy off the dpkg.exe and dpkg-deb.exe.... > > As far as root, there are several options, depending upon your machine > architecture. On my winxp and/or Win2K machines, I actually manipulated > my administrator accounts in /etc/passwd & /etc/group to make them respond as > root, and then I telnet back to my box, and login as root. On my Win98/ME > box, I mangled my default account in /etc/passwd and /etc/group so that my > normal account was always identified as root. You have to create a /home/root > account, but I chose to soft-link /home/root to it's "parent" account > (administrator, > default account). > > I wish I could help more, but I understand it enough to get my machine to > accept/work > with it, but probably not enough to write a definitive guide. Should be useful... at least for me !
I tried, but failed to be root. (I am on Win2K). Do I need to create a root user in Win2K ? Or just defining it in /etc/passwd & /etc/group is enough ? I create a /home/root. In /etc/passwd I copy he line defining Administrator, and just replace the first field by root, and the home location. Same thing in /etc/group, using the group Administrators as reference. I re-log under bash using the 'login' command, user root and - of course - the Administrator password, and : $ dpkg -i dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege :-( -- Julien Gilles
