--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Yvette Davis <atlanteanproductions@...> wrote:
>
> Hey everyone.. I just installed Debian on my Dell laptop for the first
> time. I'm having trouble getting the firmware for my wireless installed.
> We're trying to use sudo apt get in the terminal, but we keep getting the
> following error " is not in sudoers file" What the heck does that mean? We
> tried to log in as root and do it that way, but get the following error
> "authentication failure" even though we set up a root user account and the
> password is correct Any suggestions other than reinstalling Debian?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Yvette
You could always add your user to the sudoers file using visudo.
su root is different than sudo. Even if sudo doesn't work, and you can't login as root you should still be able to su to root.
It is possible your system is configured so root doesn't have a shell. It is a good security feature if root cannot actually be on a system. Or maybe your setup really is fubared? In any event try plain old su then run visudo and add your user so it can sudo if you can. It should work.
This is my sudoers file (well the pertinent part of it at any rate):
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
pfred1 ALL=(ALL) ALL
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