Re: [PLUG] Kubuntu and trashed passwords

[Greg Helledy <gregsonh@gra-inc.com>]

Art Alexion wrote:

> [K]ubuntu strongly discourages doing things as root while making it possible.  
> It is tilted toward using sudo to do root things.  [Almost] anything you 
> would expect to do as root, you do through sudo.
>
> You can probably fix whatever happened using kcontrol, clicking administrator 
> mode, and entering your user password when prompted.

But how do I get to kcontrol if I cannot login, under any user?  It 
couldn't be as simple as using a live cd to delete some file, could it?

> Just curious, why did you *choose* not to upgrade KDE?

Well, I was still trying to get used to kubuntu and set the machine up 
before I worried about upgrading KDE.  (Wanted to be sure I liked the 
foundation before I worried about replacing the siding).  It's not like 
it was an option on install.

Greg Helledy

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