On 8/21/08, Niyaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Friend,
>
>
> I did a mistake :(
>
> I log into ubuntu using the primary user id 'niyaz' (created during
> installation).
>
> I was trying virtualbox and on the first run it told me 'niyaz' is not
> in vboxusers group.
> well, that revelation striked me quite hardly, i guess.
> And i fired:
> $ sudo usermod -G vboxusers niyaz
>
> and it transmigrated me to vboxusers.
> I lost the sudo power.
>
> In an attempt to rehabilitate 'niyaz'
> I booted the system with the Ubuntu live disk,
> added 'niyaz ALL=(ALL) ALL' to /etc/sudoers
> but it left some challenges for me:
>
> - 'niyaz' can't unlock users-admin (gui tools to manage users) although
> users can be added/deleted with useradd/userdel. it exits with error
> number 6868.
> - similarly 'niyaz' can't unlock services-admin (gui tool to manage
> services)
> - synaptic package is working fine ('niyaz' is getting authenticated by
> it)
> - 'niyaz' doesn't have permission to access other auto mounted
> partitions.
>
> please suggest me what else i need to do.
Now boot again from live cd and add yourself to admin group.
And the command should have been
sudo usermod -a -G vboxuser niyaz
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