On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 21:01 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 18:37 +0000, P Nikolic wrote: > > Hi . > > > > I am trying to set the timezone up correctly and setup ntp to run . > > > > I have tried using System Settings in KDE but for some reason it does not > > accept the password . If i enter the password (root password) it reply's > > failed to Authenticate and greys everyting out for a few seconds i have > > sudo installed as that was suggeted as the problem on the previous install > > that crashed and burned what else is missing ntp is installed as well .. > > > > > > Pete . > > Are you member of the group wheel? Did you setup sudo using visudo? You need to enter the users password (usually a user doesn't know the admins password ;) or simply set sudo not to ask for the password.