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how do i adjust user rights in 11.10

Asked by Mannex

Just upgraded to the new 11.10. I noticed that my default login ID has had some rights revoked, but I only seem to have two options in the user panel: standard and administrator. Further, I can't seem to unlock it, and I have administrator rights. What happened? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

whoami; groups

Thanks

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Mannex (russ-mannex) said : 		#2

mannex@Leviathan:~$ whoami; groups
mannex
mannex adm dialout fax cdrom floppy tape audio dip utmp video plugdev fuse netdev lpadmin admin sambashare
mannex@Leviathan:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Ok. If you run:

sudo -i

Type your password (you will get no feedback, just keep typing). Do you get a root prompt?

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Mannex (russ-mannex) said : 		#4

Yup:

mannex@leviathan:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for mannex:
root@leviathan:~# exit
logout
mannex@leviathan:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Then you have no issue. If you run:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade

It should upgrade your OS

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Mannex (russ-mannex) said : 		#6

OK. Thanks. Didn't there used to be a way to adjust user privileges a little more specifically? I seem to recall the user gui offering many more options than is there now. Why are these things going away?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Adjust user priveledges in what way?

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Mannex (russ-mannex) said : 		#8

There used to be a dialog in adjusting user privileges that included rights for things like mounting volumes, etc., and it allowed you to more easily change the user ID number and groups. That seems to be missing from this very simplified dialog.