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Post by gandenpa on Jul 12, 2021 19:39:14 GMT
I installed Bodhi this morning and all went well. Later my synaptic refused my password, out of the blue. I can't figure out why. I am the only user and when I try sudo apt-get update I get this response: Sorry, user s is not allowed to execute '/usr/bin/apt-get update' as root on K. How can I sort this out?
(just before I added user s to the audio group.... could this have anything to do with it? .... sudo usermod -G audio s )
(Also after installing an app I was advised to login in again so i just logged out and logged in as s)
Many thanks
Sean
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Post by Hippytaff on Jul 12, 2021 19:44:57 GMT
Hey Sean Edit - please ignore the below. I didn’t read the issue fully. As oblio suggests it’s probably a permissions issue. You should be able to reset your password by following these instructions.
itsfoss.com/how-to-hack-ubuntu-password/
Hope this helps
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Post by oblio on Jul 12, 2021 20:01:25 GMT
Sounds possibly permissions related. I'm not sure I understand adding the user "s" part - it seems like if you ran the command as sudo it should work, assuming it accepted your password. When you log out and back in, which user account is it under? I personally have only run the default user in Bodhi as I am the only person running my system...that user has sudo permissions by default.
Someone else will likely have more information on permissions/passwords/usergroups.
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Post by oblio on Jul 12, 2021 20:48:30 GMT
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Post by gandenpa on Jul 12, 2021 21:55:33 GMT
That's what I just did Oblio, a reinstall.... in the end it will cost less time, i think. Thanks to all for your responses
Sean
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Post by Hippytaff on Jul 13, 2021 6:35:04 GMT
So for reference and anyone who has the same issue, Tristam our sysadmin said “ He did usermod -G, that replaces supplementary group membership. He needs usermod -aG”
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