Fri Feb 18 00:19:25 UTC 2011

Can you do one of these from commandline?
sudo -s
sudo su
sudo su -

If so you can use "passwd" to change/set a root pw.
On 2011-02-17 2:03 PM, "DEVON AITKEN" <devonrose-Bm8TULXj0r/3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I bought a laptop a a couple weeks ago. When I bought the computer, I was
> told there was only one account and that this account was the super-user.
> But, I tried to delete a printer using "CUPS" (the printer manager) but I
> am told this is forbidden. Can I make a root account from my account or
> somehow get more control on my present account?
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