Hi Terry,
> > You could see if this command gives different output between the two
> > machines.
> >
> > $ gconftool -g /apps/gksu/sudo-mode
> > true
> > $
>
> My machine returned 'true' and his returned 'false'. I set the value
> to 'true' using the command:
> gconftool --type=bool --set /apps/gksu/sudo-mode true
>
> and the command gconftool -g /apps/gksu/sudo-mode returned 'true'.
Sounds good.
> Great I thought. Well no:
> 1. gksu now asked the right question, accepted his password, but
> Samba didn't launch.
Getting Samba out of the way, can you get this to work, having
re-instated /apps/gksu/sudo-mode to be true.
$ gksu id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
$
If so, then the remaining problem is Samba related, something I know
nothing about. :-)
> 3. I tried creating an account for myself, but the dialogue box that
> pops up to enforce the password change at first login wouldn't accept
> any characters.
Bizarre.
Cheers,
Ralph.
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