[SOLVED] Did unattended install on VirtualBox and user is not in sudoers

[Raydude]

How Can I get root access without being in sudoers? Am I out of luck? Time to start over? Don't do unattended?

[Raydude]

Here's how I fixed it:

Use the settings gear in VirtualBox to change the boot order to put CDROM first. Select the Kubuntu boot iso image to be associated with the CDROM.

Boot the Kubuntu boot iso.

Choose "try kubuntu" from the first menu.

Once Kubuntu is running, open a shell

sudo su root

fdisk -l

For me, the virtual disk was /dev/sda3, so...

mkdir /mnt/drive
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/drive
cd /mnt/drive/etc
nano sudoers
Add my username to the list by copying the root line and adding this:

myuser ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL


Now I can install stuff.

[Snowhog]

Got to love Linux! Glad you solved your own problem. Welcome to KFN!