[sclug] how to get into administrator mode on kde control center under kubuntu?

John Stumbles john at stumbles.org.uk
Mon Aug 8 23:48:35 UTC 2005


Will Dickson wrote:
> 
> John Stumbles wrote:
> 
>>
>> If I run Control Center and select System Administration -> Login 
>> Manager and click the Administrator Mode button I'm prompted for the 
>> _root_ password in a window titled 'Run as root - KDE su' to run command
>> kcmshell kdm -embed 52432611 -lang en-US
>>
>> But [k]ubunto doesn't _have_ a root password [wail!]
> 
> 
> Use your own password; your sudoers privs should suffice.

That didn't work when I posted, but for some reason it did later. I 
wonder if it was because I'd been doing a dist-upgrade at the time.


-- 
John Stumbles


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