4 Jan
2015
4 Jan
'15
2:57 p.m.
On Friday 02 January 2015 03:43:34 Michele Calgaro wrote:
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On 01/02/2015 03:52 AM, Dan Youngquist wrote:
I had this problem on Linux Mint. TDE Control Center asks for the
administrator password, which is of course the root password. Ubuntu type
distros don't have a root password. Here is the solution I found: (It
worked!)
http://sharadchhetri.com/2014/06/26/set-root-password-ubuntu-debian-linux-m…
It might help those who are steeped in Ubuntu, if the Control Center asked for
a root password, and not for an administrator password. It would make it
more obvious what was wanted and what was the problem.
Lisi
On 01/01/2015 05:56 AM, Robby Kitchen wrote:
I also suspect the same thing. If your user is a "normal user", changing
some system settings requires root privileges. Some of the options in
Control Center are like that, so when you are asked for a password it
should say something like "insert root password". You need to provide the
root's password, not your user's password.
Please try again and if you still have errors, please post a screenshot of
what you are doing and what the error looks like. I was just going through the Control Center
exploring trying to get
familiar with the settings, until I came across one, (I don't remember
now which one), but it needed a password before I could open it to make
changes. I put in the same password I had just used, but got an error
message saying that wasn't the right password.
Where TDE Control Center asks for a password, it needs the root password,
not the user's password. At least, I've never seen it ask for the user's
password.
It sounds like you may now have your user password munged up. Can't help
you with that, except to suggest you try resetting it from a root shell
using passwd.