Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Debian question

Thanks everyone. We reinstalled Debian and then followed a different set of
directions and it worked. It's working now, I think.
Yvette

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Yvette Davis <atlanteanproductions@...>
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> > 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?
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> > Thanks!
> >
> > Yvette
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> You could always add your user to the sudoers file using visudo.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> This is my sudoers file (well the pertinent part of it at any rate):
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> # User privilege specification
> root ALL=(ALL) ALL
> pfred1 ALL=(ALL) ALL
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