Actually on my WinME box, I set up my normal user as root all the time. (so, instead of having a userid of dood, I only had a userid of root. Unfortunately, I have upgraded my Windows machines to XP (Home/Pro), and I don't have my old setup to be able to help you out too much.
One other thing though. You must also modify your /etc/group, and create a root:0 entry. On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:14:13 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > >Hello, > >I'm trying to install dpkg on a win98-cygwin system. that action >requires a superuser with UID 0 but looks like it doesn't exist >in such environment. > >My /etc/passwd looks like this: > >root::0:0::/root:/bin/bash >dood::500:504::/home/dood:/bin/bash > >when i run 'login' and respond 'root' at the prompt, it spawns a shell >but this is owned by normal user, with UID 500. > >regards, > >-- >-------------------------------------------------- >Robert Millan Debian GNU/Hurd user >zeratul2 wanadoo es http://getyouriso.dyndns.org/ >-------------------------------------------------- >GPG ID C8D6942C >237F 8688 C2E5 BC64 E152 97B4 FB28 D41B C8D6 942C >-------------------------------------------------- > > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
