Challenges of cygWinux project development

Challenges of cygWinux project development

1. cygWinux user

cygWinux primary user is root.

from cygwin's point of view this is a normal user but because there is only one user all files, folders and processes belong to the root as if it were a superuser. So root has no problem doing anything while in cygwin. root is every body for cygwin.

from the point of view of windows this is a regular user without any privileges. Therefore when a file is managed in windows not by the Administrator the file cannot be accessed by Everybody as in cygwin, root is not necessarily every body for windows

Tip: Make sure all instructions involving file changes are only given by the Administrator.