concepts wrote: >> There is no root password on Ubuntu. You need to reboot in single user >> mode if you wish to be root. The steps are here: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode >> >> >> Basicly, it's: >> 1)Reboot >> 2)Press ESC to see grub menu if it's hidden >> 3)Select (Recovery) >> 4)See r...@machine:~# prompt... you are now root with no X and limited >> services >> 5)Do what you have to do... >> 6)Reboot >> >> There is also a LiveCD recovery method: >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCdRecovery >> >> I strongly advise again setting a root password in Ubuntu, unless you >> know what you are doing. But you can if you want to because it won't >> break anything. >> >> David Montminy >> _______________________________________________ >> mlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >> > I was being ironic. I know there is no root password nor do I have the > intention of having one. > > However, starting as root AND with the LiveCD has changed nothing at all. ALso > Synaptic starts and then disappears... > > Oh woe is me. :-( > > André. >
btw, I just re-read you old message... Notice anything here: ar...@aries:~$ ls -l `which sudo` -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 123448 2009-06-22 12:14 /usr/bin/sudo To get an idea, here's mine: -rwsr-xr-x 2 root root 123448 2009-06-22 12:14 /usr/bin/sudo notice the 's'? That's the setuid bit :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid http://evolt.org/node/263 You really need to make sure you ran 'chmod 4755' or 'chmod 4511' because otherwise, simply running chmod 555 or chmod 511 won't touch the setuid bit. can you check again for :ls -l `which sudo` ? Make sure you have the 's' David Montminy _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
