Administrator Mode

[arthurracoon]

I am trying to change some of the settings on my computer. I am the only user of Kubuntu on this computer. I try to enter administrator mode, but when I enter my password it just goes back to the main settings page. How do I get in to change the settings?

[analyticalman]

Re: Administrator Mode

What settings are you trying to change? Exactly how are you trying to do it?

[arthurracoon]

Re: Administrator Mode

In System Settings, Im trying to change the settings in Disk & Filesystems. It says click the administrator button to allow modifications. I click on the button, and type in my password. But when I click ok, it just goes back to the main page where I cant make any changes..

[mchuskie]

Re: Administrator Mode

Try running kcontrol rather than systemsettings. Alternatively, run kdesu systemsettings and give it your password.

[arthurracoon]

Re: Administrator Mode

Try running kcontrol rather than systemsettings. Alternatively, run kdesu systemsettings and give it your password.

how do I do this?

i tried to find kcontrol, and got a control center screen. the icons in there are the same as system settings. I went to the disk and filesystems and it gave me a similar screen. I clicked on administrator mode. It asked:

"Please enter your password
Command: kcmshell System/mountconfig
--embed 41948609 -- lang en_US"

I typed in my password, but it took me back to the main kcontrol control center screen.

[analyticalman]

Re: Administrator Mode

Do you have problems using the password in other circumstances. Can you do commands in the terminal like "sudo apt-get update" and get a password to type in followed by the command completing normally?

[arthurracoon]

Re: Administrator Mode

Do you have problems using the password in other circumstances.  Can you do commands in the terminal like "sudo apt-get update" and get a password to type in followed by the command completing normally?

yea, that worked fine, my password worked on that:

"Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy Release.gpg [189B]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security Release [19.6kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy Release
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates Release [30.9kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restricted Sources
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Packages [31.3kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Packages
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Sources [15.6kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Sources
Fetched 97.9kB in 3s (25.0kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done"''''

[arthurracoon]

Re: Administrator Mode

ok.

I just upgraded kcontrol, and now it seems to be working.

thanks everyone.

[arthurracoon]

Re: Administrator Mode

ok.

I just upgraded kcontrol, and now it seems to be working.

thanks everyone.

and now its not working again.

[Justakiwibird]

Re: Administrator Mode

In System Settings, Im trying to change the settings in Disk & Filesystems. It says click the administrator button to allow modifications. I click on the button, and type in my password. But when I click ok, it just goes back to the main page where I cant make any changes..

I've had exactly the same problem with Network Settings and File Sharing. I posted here and elsewhere at the time and it seems that there is a known bug (at least with regard to the Network Settings). As a workaround someone helped me edit my network .conf file - maybe you can edit the appropriate file for what you're needing to do?

I sure hope they fix this bug because it's majorly annoying not to be able to access those vital system settings.

[arthurracoon]

Re: Administrator Mode

In System Settings, Im trying to change the settings in Disk & Filesystems.  It says click the administrator button to allow modifications.  I click on the button, and type in my password.  But when I click ok, it just goes back to the main page where I cant make any changes..

I've had exactly the same problem with Network Settings and File Sharing. I posted here and elsewhere at the time and it seems that there is a known bug (at least with regard to the Network Settings).  As a workaround someone helped me edit my network .conf file  - maybe you can edit the appropriate file for what you're needing to do?

I sure hope they fix this bug because it's majorly annoying not to be able to access those vital system settings.

I cant access the Administrator Mode from anywhere.

Now when I try to acess adept (and type in my password), it says: "There was an eror setting up inter-process communications for KDE.  The message returned by the system was:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running!"

It still runs afterword though, although it still runs.

[arthurracoon]

Re: Administrator Mode

and now its working again....