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thanks kevin am a bit new to this - i think you mean do this? sudo visudo which opens nano then add in another line (not sure of the format - is this ok?) # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL username ALL=(ALL) ALL # its this bit i add????? if thats what you meant i'll give it a go however when i then remove the line again - won't the menus just disappear? many thanks richard On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 13:50 +0100, Kevin Lucas wrote: > I had permissions prob to do with Cups admin I put it down to the fact > I had set up a "real" user in Ubuntu, not staying with the default > sudo user. > > I edited the visudo file and add the user with All permissions. > > When every thing works reedit and remove permissions which could cause > damage. > Regards > Kevin. > > On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 10:22 +0100, Richard Sanders wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have tried sorting this on various forums but to no avail - hope > > you guys can help me out :) > > > > I have a new install of Ubuntu Feisty > > I used Automatix to install the debian menus - they didn't appear > > However i think that if you ran alacarte you could see it as an > > option, 'could tick it' but the menu wouldn't show up > > After much messing around i even lost the 'Debian' icon from > > alacarte > > i have run update-menus and sudo update menu's > > > > BUT - i think its some sort of permission problem, situation now is: > > > > 'menu' is installed in synaptic > > no Debian menus shows up in the Applications dropdown > > no Debian shows up if i run alacarte > > > > BUT > > if i run sudo alacarte the Debian menus all show up (in alacarte > > only)!! > > > > So, maybe its a permissions problem - if so how can i fix it so that > > the debian menu shows up as it should > > > > many thanks > > > > Richard > > > -- > Kevin Lucas <kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Minions Shop (Cornwall's Top Shop) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html