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

[John Stumbles]

Spiros Kapetanakis wrote:
> On 09/08/05, John Stumbles <john at stumbles.org.uk> wrote:
> 
>>Will Dickson wrote:
>>
>>>John Stumbles wrote:
>>>
>>>>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.

> No, you can be sudo in more than one place, e.g. you could sudo
> updatedb and sudo apt-get update at the same time on different
> terminals.

I meant that I wondered if updating stuff at the same time as doing
stuff with the stuff being updated might pants stuff up.

(s/stuff/something-meaningful/ as appropriate :-)

I wouldn't expect that since AIUI *n*x systems can generally walk and
chew gum at the same time, but maybe there are limitations.

cheers

-- 
John Stumbles