[YLUG] Kunbunto

[David Harker]

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Gaffer wrote:
> Hi Craig & saleh,
> 
> On Saturday 09 September 2006 15:05, Craig Genner Inscribed Thus:
>> On Saturday 09 September 2006 15:01, Gaffer wrote:
>>> Hi Guys,
>>>
>>> Really daft question....
>>>
>>> In order to edit the grub menu one has to be root !  Since Kunbunto
>>> dosen't tell you what the root password is !  How do you get at
>>> this/these files to edit them ?   Or did I miss something ??
>> sudo kedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
>>
>> or vi, emacs, etc.
>>
>> Craig
> 
> Yes thats what I thought !
> 
> I tried sudo and get "Command not found" !   So I tried "su" !  When I 
> use the password I use for login, it tells me that its the wrong one !
> 
> Whilst I can get at the files I want from the other installed system 
> (SuSE)  It doesn't help someone who only has Wins and Kunbunto.  ie a 
> new user !
> 
> The "Help system" isn't much use either !  Being pointed to the "Man 
> Pages"  makes it obvious that the root password is needed !

personally I'm in favour of sudo su -
the - will give you an actual root shell as well, which can be handy.
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