At the terminal type "sudo su" then your password. You will then be admin/super user<div> On Tuesday, November 11, 2014, Pasi Lallinaho <<a href="mailto:pasi@shimmerproject.org">pasi@shimmerproject.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 11/11/14 03:44, NancyG wrote: > I am trying to get Ubuntu Tweak onto my computer which has Xubuntu > 12.04. It will not let me open software sources. It says I must be the > admin but I am the admin, I am the only owner of this computer. It say > to use kdesudo, but I have absolutely no idea how to do that. I am not > a geek. > > I have often installed Ubuntu Tweak on my computers with no problem at > all, so do not understand why I am not allowed to access software > sources. > > Help! What do I do now? Why on earth am I suddenly not allowed to > access software sources?? > Hello Nancy, since this is a user support question, I've forwarded this to the user support and discussions mailing list (and updated the subject). Please subscribe to that list and send all further messages there. Cheers, Pasi -- Pasi Lallinaho (knome) » <a href="http://open.knome.fi/" target="_blank">http://open.knome.fi/</a> Leader of the Shimmer Project » <a href="http://shimmerproject.org/" target="_blank">http://shimmerproject.org/</a> Ubuntu member, Xubuntu team member » <a href="http://xubuntu.org/" target="_blank">http://xubuntu.org/</a> -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com')">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- <div dir="ltr">Regards,<div> </div><div> Steven H Wolf</div></div>