Administrator Rights

[Tiny1]

I did an update 2 days ago and was told that I my administrator rights had been removed. I can now only right to files that are on my machine and I can open files but to copy them to other media such as a flash drive or cd are forbidden saying that I do not have sufficient rights.

I am the only user on this machine and the update evidently did this because I did not want my modified grub changed by the automatic update. I have tried the following commands with the given results:
thetiny1@thetiny1-laptop:~$ sudo kcontrol
[sudo] password for thetiny1:
sudo: kcontrol: command not found
thetiny1@thetiny1-laptop:~$ cd /root
bash: cd: /root: Permission denied
thetiny1@thetiny1-laptop:~$ su
Password:
su: Authentication failure
thetiny1@thetiny1-laptop:~$
thetiny1@thetiny1-laptop:~$ kdesu kcontrol
bash: kdesu: command not found
thetiny1@thetiny1-laptop:~$


Any Ideas on what I can do to correct this? I am using a Compaq nx9600 and I do use this machine as a duel boot with XP-Pro which I must use in some business functions unfortunately.

Thanks for the help in advance.

TheTiny1

[skunk]

Re: Administrator Rights

kcontrol no longer exists in Jaunty - use System Settings
kdesu no longer exists in Jaunty - use kdesudo

[ukchucktown]

Re: Administrator Rights

You'll need to boot into recovery mode to fix it. The link provides step by step instructions.

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/fixsudo

UK