Kubuntu Help

[ati]

Last night when i first installed my kubuntu i was able to use the control panel then click administrator mode to edit my stuff. Now when i click admin mode and then type in my password then nothing happens, it just brings me back to the general area.

[ati]

Anyone?

[MRD]

I don't even understand the question, nevermind the answer. =p

Maybe just because I'm generally a gnome user, not a kde user.

Try to give more details and specifics. It might help us help you.

[ati]

I want to access my samba settings (or any settings for that matter) It used to work but i dont know what i did that prevents me from being a root user. These screenshots might help.
http://kevincat.com/hosting/Mine/Misc/Samba1.jpg
My samba in the ctrl panel.

http://kevincat.com/hosting/Mine/Misc/Samba2.jpg
When i click administrator mode then i type in my password.

http://kevincat.com/hosting/Mine/Misc/Samba3.jpg
Then it logs in and it brings me to this page.

[MRD]

Are you sure it's not logging you in as root, and then bringing you back to the main menu, from which you will now be able to access things with root privileges?

I'm not too sure about the details of KDE, since I don't use it.

[gruven]

Does it do it even after a new login? You may try creating a new user and trying it from there just to see if it will work at all.

Also, maybe you are not in the right group (wheel)? Not sure, but I would check those things first.

[ati]

Are you sure it's not logging you in as root, and then bringing you back to the main menu, from which you will now be able to access things with root privileges?

I'm not too sure about the details of KDE, since I don't use it.

Tried clicking stuff, same thing.

[MRD]

Check if you are in the wheel group. If not, you can't su to root.

[ati]

Whats a wheel group?

[MRD]

It's the group of users allowed to switch to the root user. Other users cannot su to root.

[ati]

How do i check?

[MRD]

cat /etc/group | grep wheel

This will list the users in the wheel group. You should see your username there.

[ati]

I dont have a /cat/etc/group but i do have a group text file in my etc folder. I check it and i see my name multiple times. I don tknow what to check for.

[Gnufsh]

I dont have a /cat/etc/group but i do have a group text file in my etc folder. I check it and i see my name multiple times. I don tknow what to check for.
cat is a command. You were supposed to type in cat /etc/group which 'cats' the contents of croup. For example, /proc/cpuinfo is a file:

langley ~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 47
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 2200.652
cache size : 512 KB
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm
bogomips : 4404.12
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc

[ati]

Ok this is what i got.
root:x:0:
daemon:x:1:
bin:x:2:
sys:x:3:
adm:x:4:kevin
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:
lp:x:7:cupsys
mail:x:8:
news:x:9:
uucp:x:10:
man:x:12:
proxy:x:13:
kmem:x:15:
dialout:x:20:kevin,cupsys
fax:x:21:
voice:x:22:
cdrom:x:24:kevin,hal
floppy:x:25:kevin,hal
tape:x:26:
sudo:x:27:
audio:x:29:kevin
dip:x:30:kevin
www-data:x:33:
backup:x:34:
operator:x:37:
list:x:38:
irc:x:39:
src:x:40:
gnats:x:41:
shadow:x:42:
utmp:x:43:
video:x:44:kevin
sasl:x:45:
plugdev:x:46:kevin,hal
staff:x:50:
games:x:60:
users:x:100:
nogroup:x:65534:
crontab:x:101:
ssh:x:102:
postfix:x:103:
postdrop:x:104:
syslog:x:105:
klog:x:106:
kevin:x:1000:
lpadmin:x:107:kevin
scanner:x:108:kevin
admin:x:109:kevin
messagebus:x:110:
hal:x:111:
slocate:x:112:
saned:x:113:

[MRD]

There doesn't even appear to be a wheel group. This could be some bizarre ubuntu thing, in which case I have no clue, as I do not use or like ubuntu.

[CoreGamer]

Would a re-install kill you? I just did one on my linux PC and it only took about 45 Mins

[ati]

Well if thats the only way then i guess i have no choice...

[su root]

Kubuntu renamed it to the nice friendly group name "admin"... make sure you are in the admin group (although, if it is letting you authenticate, and not erroring out, then you are probably already in there).

I've seen issues like this before.. I think it's a few tiny bugs in kcontrol. Personally, I edit the "Control Center" menu item, and add "kdesu " in front of the 'kcontrol' command... that'll run the control panel as root, so you don't have to change the user on every panel.

[mepis]

kubuntu 5.10 breezy badger still has some bugs with KDE and if I remember right one of them was with the control panel. Id keep close watch of aptitude for an update. For the moment you might just want to try and do everything manually through the conf files rather then the desktop. It will be a good learning experience for linux anyway.