[dba-Tech] Help with Linux Fedora 36

[John Colby]

It is probable that the issue is simply that no driver install is possible
without admin privileges.  Have you tried finding that same printer on the
web?

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 3:29 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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