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Ed Fletcher ed at fletcher.ca
Wed Mar 1 05:38:38 UTC 2006


Paul Antuar wrote:
> Tried 'my' password and it told me I didnt have
> permission. Another time it told me 
> "Failed to run /usr/bin/update-manager as user root:
>  Child terminated with 1 status" when I double clicked
> the icon in question. Thanks for your fast response by
> the way.
> 
> Paul

You said in your previous e-mail that you have a root password.  Did you
select 'expert' for your install?  If you have a root account enabled
(which normally isn't the case) perhaps you have to be logged in as root
to run Synaptic.  (I haven't done this myself.)

Alternately, try opening a terminal and run either
'sudo apt-get update'
or su to root and just 'apt-get update'.

If sudo fails, check /etc/group to see that you are in the admin group
and run visudo to confirm that /etc/sudoers is also correct.  Have a
look at the manual page for sudo for (many) more details.

Ed
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