On Sunday 24 Oct 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> 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. :-)
I'll try that later, (he's still in bed and I need him to login since I
can't). It would be useful to know if the problem is all about permissions or
just Samba.
> > 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.
> Bizzare.
Yes. In the end, if I can't fix this, I think I'm going to have to do a clean
reinstall (and I mean really clean, eg new /home directory) to be certain that
I've cleared out the cause.
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