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[juvealert]

hey guys i'm new to linux.


how can i change my account to an administrator ?

i tried "su [username]" then entered password but didn't work coz i still couldn't change my time settings

i also tried "sudo -s" then password seems to allow me to acccess the root from theminal but then i still could change the time settings

any other ideas?

what am i doing wrong ?

thanks

 

[juvealert]

in addition to my prevoius post i am using Kubuntu KDE4

 

[linux_0]

sudo su -

and type in your user ( with sudo privileges ) password

Good luck

 

[juvealert]

so you mean i type in

sudo su [mypassword] then i press enter ?

can u you give an example pls ? :S

 

[linux_0]

click on Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal on Ubuntu or K -> Accessories -> Terminal on Kubuntu

inside the terminal command line interface window type in:

sudo su -

after you type in "sudo su -" and hit enter you need to type in your user password

you need to use the administrator account created when you installed Ubuntu/Kubuntu because it is the one that has sudo privileges

A typical gnome-terminal on Ubuntu looks like this, a konsole on KDE looks similar

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Gnome_Terminal_bash_command_line.png

https://help.ubuntu.com/5.10/kubuntu/images/C/kubuntu-konsole.png

Good luck