password

[Arturus Magi]

george opstad wrote:
> This may sound stupid but I have cygwin running OK but I never put in a 
> password for the superuser and now I can't add users.Is there a default 
> password?
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On Cygwin there is no superuser.  Use Windows to add users, then 
"mkpasswd > /etc/passwd" to update /etc/passwd.

incidentally, this is the wrong list for this.  Reply-to has been set to 
  the proper list.  Future inquiries that don't relate specifically to 
Cygwin/X go to mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com