Hey guys. I'm new to Linux and I'm running Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon. Yesterday I have f*cked up. I was testing things in users and geve myself standart priveledges insted of Admin ones I had from beggining and then restarted PC. I then tried log back into users tab and change myself back to Admin but even tho the password is correct It says that it is not. /So at this point there is only one user in PC who has standart privliedges and no Admin./ I then tried to access root via terminal and this time It said that I don't have permision to do that. And this is where I'm at right now. Please help get back my admin privliedges.

Edit: Issue is fixed. I started GRUB and changed my password which fixed the whole issue. Once again big Thank you to everyone who gave me tips and also big thank you to the guy who started posting about rowing machines. You all wonderful.

  • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    you can say fuck on the internet but that's all the help im qualified to give you unless you would like for me to extol the benefits of owning a rowing machine

      • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Oh man you should get a rowing machine, I got one for Christmas and have used it for like 180 days so far and let me tell you Im getting absolutely shredded. My beer belly has turned into shoulder and chest and bicep muscle and is now totally gone. My torso is like an inverted triangle, my lats are poppin, i got like dimples in my shoulders now above my armpit, shit's wild.

        The key is doing it like every day and turning up the resistance if it gets easy. Also stretch a lot and look up what you're doing so you don't hurt yourself

    • MJRul3s@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I'm kinda used to people being sensitive even to the most minor of profanities but If it's alright I won't fucking hold back. I'm not intersted in rowing machines right now but thanks anyway.

  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    I will also offer some help...

    Next time you're "testing things" set up a VM and test there. Don't test things on your primary OS/place you can't just wipe and start over.

  • ghulican@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1355#:~:text=Reboot%20your%20computer%20%2F%20Turn%20your%20computer%20on.&text=Press%20e%20to%20edit.&text=Press%20F10%20to%20boot%20your,to%20a%20passwordless%20root%20shell

    • MJRul3s@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Basically same method Saik0 posred later on. Will try that when I'm home and give my feedback. Thanks.

  • curioushom@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Are you trying the terminal commands with sudo? You could also try logging in as root user with the password you used during setup.

    • MJRul3s@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Yeah I already tried sudo root via terminal but when I entered the password It said I don't have permision to do that. I can't even change my password to something new in desktop. But I can try setup login once I'm back home.