Became root within cygwin.

Hi all, The cygwin doesn't has the root user by default. How can I add it and then login as root only when I require root privilege to do something? -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem

Re: Became root within cygwin.

Hongyi Zhao wrote: Hi all, The cygwin doesn't has the root user by default. How can I add it and then login as root only when I require root privilege to do something? Windows doesn't have the concept of 'root' so neither does Cygwin. Probably the closest thing is to either 'ssh' in as a