On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 08:32:47PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Stephen Allen wrote: > > > So I guess perhaps the way forward is to add a root user, install su > > and remove sudoers? > > You already have a root user account. All Unix-like machines will > have a root user superuser account. That is uid 0 on the machine by > definition. All you need to know is the password for it.
Hm OK I understand this if one is doing a conventional *ix install, but when installing using only a sudo account there is only one password asked for, that is the user password. So I don't quite understand how there could possibly be 2 passwords?? > You say you have sudo access. If you have forgotten the root password > then simply set a new one for it. Right but again only one password is asked for when setting up a new install to use SUDOERS. I'm beginning to be more assured that this is a bug when doing an install with an existing home partition. The previous root password wouldn't have been stored encrypted on a regular user's home partition would it. No I don't think so, that wouldn't make much sense. > $ sudo passwd root > > Once you set the new password, so that you know it, then you will be > able to enter it when gksu asks it for Synaptic. That should get you > going. > > This is perhaps an opportune time for me to gently nudge that the > command line really isn't that scary. Try it and you might like it. > You can do anything you think you ned Synaptic for but probably faster > and easier using APT commands directly from the command line. I use CLI mostly. I am after all using mutt ;) Only just recently started using Synaptic and found out to my chagrin that I actually like it. Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110909034232.ga2...@thinkpad.gateway.2wire.net