[xubuntu-users] 12.10 Upgrade wrong User Permission

[John Deakin]

thanks for that.

John

On 19/10/12 14:56, Cody Smith wrote:
> John, for future reference, "partition_name_to_adapt" is not the name
> you give the partition, rather the device name, usually something along
> the lines of /dev/sdxx or /dev/hdxx (where as both xx's are something
> like a1 or b2, so in the /dev/sdxx line, the first partition of the
> first drive is /dev/sda1)
> 
> On 10/19/2012 06:22 AM, John Deakin wrote:
>> honeyshell,
>>
>> Very strange!. With all the rebooting the system seems to have corrected
>> itself.
>>
>> I opened "Users and Groups" again and this time it allowed me to change
>> "Custom" to "Administrator". After that I was able to add my wife's
>> account once more and all seems to be working fine - until she finds
>> some lurking problem.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> regards,
>> John
>>
>> On 19/10/12 13:53, honeyshell wrote:
>>> sorry I forget some informations:
>>>
>>> Oki John,
>>>
>>> You tell "My account type has been set to "Custom" rather than
>>> "Administrator".
>>> I propose you to be Administrator ;)
>>>
>>> - boot on live cd
>>> - click on the "/" partition
>>> - open terminal
>>>
>>> - sudo nano  /media/partition_name_to_adapt*/etc/group*
>>> - find *adm:x:4:* and change it by adm:x:4:john  (if your login is "john")
>>> you can add your wife's login
>>> - save
>>>
>>> - sudo nano  /media/partition_name_to_adapt*/etc/passwd*
>>> - find john:x:1000:1000:john,,,:/home/john:/bin/bash
>>> (test with "1000")
>>> and you can for your wife's login adapt the home path.
>>> - save
>>>
>>> - restart on your xubuntu
>>> - log with john account, sudo should work
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 2:47 PM, honeyshell <honeyshell at honeyshell.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oki John,
>>>>
>>>> You tell "My account type has been set to "Custom" rather than
>>>> "Administrator".
>>>> I propose you to be Administrator ;)
>>>>
>>>> - boot on live cd
>>>> - click on the "/" partition
>>>> - open terminal
>>>> - sudo nano  /media/partition_name_to_adapt*/etc/group*
>>>> - find *adm:x:4:* and change it by adm:x:4:john  (if your login is "john")
>>>> - save & restart on your xubuntu
>>>> - log with john account, sudo should work
>>>>
>>>> *
>>>> *
>>>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 2:16 PM, John Deakin <john at humanaspects.co.uk>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> honeyshell,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your help but the problem is that my wife's account was
>>>>> eradicated during the upgrade and now when I bring up "Users Settings"
>>>>> my wife's account is not on the list and I don't have the capability to
>>>>> add one for her. My account type is shown as being "Custom" which does
>>>>> not appear to have the authority to add a user, so no account for wife.
>>>>>
>>>>> All her data files seem to be still in place but she will have no
>>>>> capability to access the computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> regards,
>>>>> JohnD
>>>>>
>>>>> On 19/10/12 12:54, honeyshell wrote:
>>>>>> Hi John,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When you have physically a computer, you can do everything!
>>>>>> In your case you can change your wife's password, so you will have sudo
>>>>>> under her account!
>>>>>> For that :
>>>>>> - restart your computer
>>>>>> - when grub appears, push <ESC>
>>>>>> - choose  *Recovery Mode
>>>>>> *- in the shell write: *passwd wife_s_login*
>>>>>> - "passwd" will ask 2 times the new password for your wife's account
>>>>>> - next, restart with*: shutdown -r now
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Now you can use your wife account to complete the upgrade, and find the
>>>>>> way to explain her why her password has changed  and what are you doing
>>>>> in
>>>>>> her account!   [?]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have a good day
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:30 PM, John Deakin <john at humanaspects.co.uk
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have just upgraded to 12.10 and in doing so had to re-enter my
>>>>>>> personal account information. On starting to use Xubuntu 12.10 I find
>>>>>>> that my wife's account has been lost and when I went to User Settings
>>>>> to
>>>>>>> add her to the list of accounts, I cannot. My account type has been set
>>>>>>> to "Custom" rather than "Administrator" and I now cannot change any
>>>>> user
>>>>>>> account settings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a way of invoking User Settings in a terminal with "sudo", or
>>>>>>> is there another way?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> She will be back soon and will have my guts for garters as she accuses
>>>>>>> me of constantly screwing up her account. Help.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>>> JohnD
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>>>>> John
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John
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