On 09/09/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gaffer</b> <<a href="mailto:derrick_s@tesco.net">derrick_s@tesco.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Saleh,<br><br>On Saturday 09 September 2006 15:39, Saleh Odeh Inscribed Thus:<br>> On 09/09/06, Gaffer <<a href="mailto:derrick_s@tesco.net">derrick_s@tesco.net</a>> wrote:<br>> > Hi Craig & saleh,<br>
> ><br>> > On Saturday 09 September 2006 15:05, Craig Genner Inscribed Thus:<br>> > > On Saturday 09 September 2006 15:01, Gaffer wrote:<br>> > > > Hi Guys,<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Really daft question....
<br>> > > ><br>> > > > In order to edit the grub menu one has to be root ! Since<br>> > > > Kunbunto dosen't tell you what the root password is ! How do<br>> > > > you get at this/these files to edit them ? Or did I miss
<br>> > > > something ??<br>> > ><br>> > > sudo kedit /boot/grub/menu.lst<br>> > ><br>> > > or vi, emacs, etc.<br>> > ><br>> > > Craig<br>> ><br>> > Yes thats what I thought !
<br>> ><br>> > I tried sudo and get "Command not found" ! So I tried "su" !<br>> > When I use the password I use for login, it tells me that its the<br>> > wrong one !<br>> >
<br>> > Whilst I can get at the files I want from the other installed<br>> > system (SuSE) It doesn't help someone who only has Wins and<br>> > Kunbunto. ie a new user !<br>> ><br>> > The "Help system" isn't much use either ! Being pointed to the
<br>> > "Man Pages" makes it obvious that the root password is needed !<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Best Regards:<br>> > Derrick.<br>> ><br>> >
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https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/york</a><br>><br>> hmm strange..<br>><br>> I have two questions<br>> 1) did it prompt you for a password?<br><br>If you are referring to "su" Yes !<br><br>
> 2) was the error report in the form?<br>> "sudo: <someting else here>: command not found"<br><br>No ! "sudo command not found" (then as below)<br><br>> As for the 'su' thing not working, this is because ubuntu variants
<br>> tend to either:<br>> a) Not set a password for root by default, in which case you would<br>> have to set a password for the root account by using<br>> $ sudo passwd<br><br>How ? "$sudo" command not found !!
<br>I tried "$sudo test"<br>I get "$sudo test command not found</blockquote><div><br><br>Oh.. the $ sign doesnt go with the rest of the command, its just there to symbolize the non shell prompt,<br> So the command is actually "sudo <editor name> /boot/grub/menu.lst"
<br>without the $ sign<br><br>and editor name may be Kedit, vi, nano, pico..etc depends on your preference.<br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
"<br><br>> b) The kubuntu version you installed doesnt create a root account in<br>> first place.. which could be the case if you've just performed a<br>> fresh install of one of the newer releases<br><br>Yes I did an install from one of the "Kunbunto" Cd's that came in the
<br>post yesterday. Version 6.06<br><br>The issue for me is that, I have installed Kunbunto along side my SuSE<br>on my machine without a problem ! I am expected to install it for a<br>client alongside Win XP !<br><br>A second install on a machine that has Win XP on it as well shows a
<br>similar behaviour, in addition to not allowing Kunbunto to move files<br>to the Wins partition !<br><br>--<br>Best Regards:<br> Derrick.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>York mailing list
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<br>-- <br>Saleh M. Odeh