Thanks everyone. We reinstalled Debian and then followed a different set of directions and it worked. It's working now, I think. Yvette
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > > > --- In [email protected], Yvette Davis <atlanteanproductions@...> > wrote: > > > > Hey everyone.. I just installed Debian on my Dell laptop for the first > > time. I'm having trouble getting the firmware for my wireless installed. > > We're trying to use sudo apt get in the terminal, but we keep getting the > > following error " is not in sudoers file" What the heck does that mean? > We > > tried to log in as root and do it that way, but get the following error > > "authentication failure" even though we set up a root user account and > the > > password is correct Any suggestions other than reinstalling Debian? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Yvette > > You could always add your user to the sudoers file using visudo. > > su root is different than sudo. Even if sudo doesn't work, and you can't > login as root you should still be able to su to root. > > It is possible your system is configured so root doesn't have a shell. It > is a good security feature if root cannot actually be on a system. Or maybe > your setup really is fubared? In any event try plain old su then run visudo > and add your user so it can sudo if you can. It should work. > > This is my sudoers file (well the pertinent part of it at any rate): > > # User privilege specification > root ALL=(ALL) ALL > pfred1 ALL=(ALL) ALL > > > -- Yvette Davis, RMT, HTP-C BS - Natural Healing, Reiki Master and Teacher, Certified Healing Touch Practitioner Natural Health Consultant, Herbalist www.msquill.com [email protected] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
