user(s) question

[sdavmor]

On 09/23/2010 08:41 PM, rikona wrote:
> When I set up Ub, it asked for a user name. It seems that that
> user has su privileges. I'd like to use that name as a non-su user
> for normal logins. If it was RRR, can I change it to RRRadmin, for
> example, keeping the same UserID and privileges, and add another
> non-su user named RRR? Or - is it better to just add RRRadmin as
> administrator, and set RRR as a normal user?
>
> I assume RRR is not root, but it didn't ask for a root pw. [Also,
> I have a rtkit group - I hope it's not what it sounds like... :-)
> ]
>
> RRR would have a modest, but pretty good password, and RRRadmin
> would have a very good pw - but - not one I'd like to have to keep
> entering with lots of sudo's. Is there a way, while logged on as
> RRR, to fire up a terminal as RRRadmin, become su, do the tasks as
> needed, and exit terminal?

Go to System --> Preferences --> Main Menu. Under System Tools
activate (check) the Root Terminal. Close the menu, and you're in
business.

> I copied about 200+G of files to the new Ub, and added an old 1T
> data disk, but they had the old UserID from Mandriva [but the same
> RRR name]. In trying to reset them[with sudo], I got a 'can't do
> it' msg for some files. Is there a way to ID which files have a
> 'strange' ID that I can't change in a mass-change operation, or
> something that would force the change anyway?
>
> Thanks,
>
> rikona
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