[dba-Tech] Help with Linux Fedora 36

[Tina N Fields]

Hi Susan,

Bingo! You have hit on the problem. Yes, Roy is admin. No, Paul does not 
know the password for Roy's account. He didn't know there was a Roy's 
account until l found it. Paul does a lot of research on the Internet, 
but his comprehension of how computers work is essentially zero. That is 
probably why Roy set it up the way he did in the first place, with 
Paul's account having no admin capabilities. I opened a terminal and 
tried to go to root. Every command got the "permission denied" message. 
Roy is not responding to any requests even for contact. I learned from 
Paul that he and Roy didn't get along well. Oh boy!

I have not tried to log Paul off and log in to Roy's account, hoping the 
password is something like "Admin." Paul is a lovely person, who was a 
dear friend of my dad. He is now 93 years old and I suspect Roy figured 
Paul wouldn't live long enough to need to do any equipment replacing. 
So, Paul is set up with a computer that worked just fine as long as 
nothing needs to be changed. He had a Canon printer that was fine until 
it wasn't. He has taken the printer to three different repair places and 
nobody could repair it. He has reached out to other computer people who 
adamantly refused to even look at a Linux Fedora setup. I had a Linux 
Fedora and Windows XP double boot setup on my Win XP machine (bought in 
2006). I haven't played with it in over ten years.

I truly  expected HP to have the necessary setup software for a Linux 
Fedora operating system. So disappointed!

Any ideas?

T


Tina Norris Fields
231-322-2787
tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com

On 3/25/2024 2:35 PM, Susan Harkins wrote:
> Is Roy the admin? Does Paul know the password for Roy's account?
>
> Susan H.
>
>
> Colleagues,
>
> I have a friend with a serious problem that I am trying to resolve.
>
> This friend has a computer set up for him by a fellow (named Roy) who is not
> responsive to our efforts to reach him. My friend is not savvy about his
> operating system. Roy set it up with two accounts, Roy and Paul.
>   From inside Paul, it is not possible to go to root. The command always gets
> "permission denied" as a response.
>
>
>
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