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Admin / Normal User Help

Jim The Tyreman

Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:21:36 pm

Hi chaps,

I have an old laptop with OS6 Ultimate in fallback mode. I've created user accounts for all the family with myself as the only admin user.

I'd like to add a "app" / program to my daughters account / user profile, but she does not have admin rights and my password does not allow me to administrate on her user account? Or does it?

Any ideas?

Anonymous

Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:27:24 pm

How to create an Administrator Password !!!!

Open Terminal > Ctrl + Alt + T

Enter : sudo passwd root

Now it will ask you to enter current password.
Then it will ask you to enter your new root password.
Then it will ask you to reenter your root password.

Remember your new root password is whatever you create.

Your done.

That should solve your problem, now that you activated/created an Adminstrator Password.

Wolfman

Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:58:03 am

Hi,

if you want a graphical tool for user admin, install the package "gnome-system-tools" and look under "Users & Groups" in the main menu:

Code:: sudo apt-get install gnome-system-tools

Regards Wolfman

Linx

Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:49:37 am

su <your username>;
it will prompt you for your password.
then you should be able to "sudo apt-get install <package>"
assuming you are running from terminal.