Re: [ubuntu-uk] Password recovery

2008-07-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
2008/7/7 Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So, in a terminal type: > sudo mv /home/user2 /home/user2-tmp > > Then go to "System->Administration->Users and Groups" to add user2. > > Then do: > sudo cp -a /home/user2-tmp/ /home/user2 What I would do is sudo rm -r /home/user2 sudo mv /home/user2-tmp /home/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Password recovery

2008-07-07 Thread Lucy
On 07/07/2008, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. > > I do have root access and I had already tried sudo passwd and I get > the response "passwd: unknown user (user2)". That is why I had also > tried "System->Administration->Users and Groups" to add (user2). Th

[ubuntu-uk] Password recovery

2008-07-07 Thread Keith
Thanks for the suggestions. I do have root access and I had already tried sudo passwd and I get the response "passwd: unknown user (user2)". That is why I had also tried "System->Administration->Users and Groups" to add (user2). The response to that was "Home directory already exists".

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox?

2008-07-07 Thread Wulfy
Stephen O'Neill wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Wulfy wrote: > >>> I removed my .mozilla directory in /home/wulfy. Nothing in /etc, >>> /usr/bin, /usr/lib or /usr/share. >>> >>> I reinstall Firefox... I click on Tools/add-ons.. and there is a list >>> of all the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] drawing programme

2008-07-07 Thread Gordon Allott
On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 21:56 +0100, London School of Puppetry wrote: > Hi there can anyone advise me on a drawing programme using a stylus > that I can use with Hardy Heron- and tell me where I can get it. Generally there are two drawing applications you might wish to use, they both fulfil differ

Re: [ubuntu-uk] drawing programme

2008-07-07 Thread alan c
London School of Puppetry wrote: 2008/7/6 alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: London School of Puppetry wrote: > Hi there can anyone advise me on a drawing programme using a stylus that I > can use with Hardy Heron- and tell me where I can get it. Thanks. Caroline Do you mean a sort of drawing such a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] System Security (Was Re: Password recovery)

2008-07-07 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: >> LOL, this is my biggest fear - forgetting the key to an encrypted >> file/disk. I forgot one the other day for some of my personal >> information encrypted using bcrypt - I had to ring my InLaws and as >> them to pos

Re: [ubuntu-uk] drawing programme

2008-07-07 Thread London School of Puppetry
2008/7/6 alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > London School of Puppetry wrote: > > Hi there can anyone advise me on a drawing programme using a stylus that > I > > can use with Hardy Heron- and tell me where I can get it. Thanks. > Caroline > > Do you mean a sort of drawing such as layout of a bathroom,