[Klug-general] This sudo thingy in Kubuntu

[Peter Apps]

You can get a root password in Kubuntu.

I think it's sudo passwd then follow the instructions on the command
line then edit
/etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

to change allowrootlogin to 'true'.

Sudo -i is OK if you can remember the commands but on commands I only
use  occasionally, it's a pain.

Regrds, Peter.

On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 23:33 +0100, jvmmneq a wrote:
> Although what George says is the best thing to do, did you make the
> file executable? (chmod +x)
>  
> james
> 
> 
> 2009/4/2 Mike Rentell <michael.rentell at ntlworld.com>
>         A cry for help (again!). I'm fiddling with Kubuntu under VBox
>         and it all
>         seems to work but I can get no web pages with java bits to
>         work so I
>         have downloaded:
>         
>         jre-6u13-linux-i586.bin
>         
>         from a website but I can't get it to run and install. I've
>         tried sudo
>         jre-6u13-linux-i586.bin but it comes back immediately and says
>         that it
>         isn't authorised. It doesn't ask for my password which is what
>         I thought
>         was supposed to happen with this sudo thingy.
>         
>         I do wish Ubuntu would allow root passwords. Can anyone
>         enlighten me?
>         I'm obviously doing something stupid.
>         
>         MikeR
>         
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