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Re: why am I administrator?


"David A. Cobb" wrote:

>
> I got around this another way that made sense to me.  I modified my
> Cygwin.BAT
> file (which I put in my HOME (My Documents) rather than in the root.
> Instead of
> directly starting bash, it executes "C:/bin/login -u Superbiskit".  Login
> knows
> from /etc/passwd that I like bash, and it starts it in the "correct" mode
> (interactive
> login shell).

Smart.  Real, smart.   I just may have to change the way I start Cygwin.

Cheers,
Earnie.


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