[YLUG] Kunbunto

[Saleh Odeh]

On 09/09/06, Gaffer <derrick_s at tesco.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Saleh,
>
> On Saturday 09 September 2006 15:39, Saleh Odeh Inscribed Thus:
> > On 09/09/06, Gaffer <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?
>
> If you are referring to "su" Yes !
>
> > 2) was the error report in the form?
> > "sudo: <someting else here>: command not found"
>
> No !  "sudo  command not found"  (then as below)
>
> > 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
>
> How ?  "$sudo" command not found !!
> I tried  "$sudo test"
> I get "$sudo test  command not found



Oh.. the $ sign doesnt go with the rest of the command, its just there to
symbolize the non shell prompt,
 So the command is actually "sudo <editor name> /boot/grub/menu.lst"
without the $ sign

and editor name may be Kedit, vi, nano, pico..etc depends on your
preference.


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>
> > 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
>
> Yes I did an install from one of the "Kunbunto" Cd's that came in the
> post yesterday. Version 6.06
>
> The issue for me is that, I have installed Kunbunto along side my SuSE
> on my machine without a problem !  I am expected to install it for a
> client alongside Win XP !
>
> A second install on a machine that has Win XP on it as well shows a
> similar behaviour, in addition to not allowing Kunbunto to move files
> to the Wins partition !
>
> --
> Best Regards:
>      Derrick.
>
>
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Saleh M. Odeh
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