locked out of control centre mandrake 9.2.
 

I changed some settings in the control panel ( security ) and am now unable to get accesss to undo

any help, thanks in advance

Have you tried starting it as root? Check the command by looking at menu editor, then (in a console) type in su, then the root password, then the command. You should then be able to undo it.

To xavierP
thanks for the reply
I can boot up to desktop, most of my start menu has gone including terminals.
I changed settings in _drakesec pryor to this
is it possible to undo the changes and if so how.
i'm not too familiar with the filesystem or working from the command line

I really appreciate your time and your help

regards

sean reynolds

What changes did you make?

I was in drakesec and i checked a box to disable users to shut down the machine, now even as root i cannot shut it down
while playing music i noticed that i could play other users music so i attempted to make my own dir not accessable to others, and i think this is where the problem is.
I have a very basic menu as a result, with no config menu, no terminals
I think it is not so difficult to sort out, but not being familier with linux
it's a bit of a nightmare

again your help is much appreciated

regards

sean

Wow - it sounds kind of messed up.

I'm not a Mandrake user, but can you run drakesec from the command line? You may be able to undo your steps. You'll have to do it as root (via su).

I don't know how to solve your problem, but perhaps I can offer some insight to the menu problem. I had a similar problem with the menu, which I found out (through this forum) was a bug in 9.2. The problem solved itself after running Mandrake Update.