password problem

[Eugene Cormier]

Hi Ray, if you can login but can't use synaptic, open a terminal and type:

sudo passwd root

and then it'll ask you for your password (the one you use to login) and
then it will ask you to enter a new (root) password twice, after that
synaptic should work again

Cheers
Eugene

On 01/08/11 13:58, raymond house wrote:
> Hi Victor, yes I log on ok, it's just when I try to use synaptic or
> download software that it does not work.  Ray

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