[YLUG] Kunbunto

[Mark Bowden]

Try typing:

sudo su


then your user password - that should log you in as root

Mark B-)



Saleh Odeh wrote:
> On 09/09/06, *Gaffer* <derrick_s at tesco.net 
> <mailto:derrick_s at tesco.net>> 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 !
>
>
>
>     --
>     Best Regards:
>          Derrick.
>
>
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>
> hmm strange..
>
> I have two questions
> 1) did it prompt you for a password?
> 2) was the error report in the form?
> "sudo: <someting else here>: command not found"
>
> As for the 'su' thing not working, this is because ubuntu variants 
> tend to either:
> a) Not set a password for root by default, in which case you would 
> have to set a password for the root account by using
> $ sudo passwd
>
> b) The kubuntu version you installed doesnt create a root account in 
> first place.. which could be the case if you've just performed a fresh 
> install of one of the newer releases
>
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> Saleh M. Odeh
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