[dba-Tech] Help with Linux Fedora 36

[Rocky Smolin]

Can you change the comp over to Windows?

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 12:29 PM Tina N Fields via dba-Tech <
dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:

> 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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