user management password

[gsx1100f]

I have just installed the KDE edition of linux mint 14.
I read on the internet how to join a windows workgroup, however when I try to edit the etc/samba/smb.conf file, I do not have the permission to save the changes. I don't know the administrator password (it didn't ask me during the installation).
If I go to the user management, It tells me that /usr/bin/kcmshell4 userconfig needs administrative privileges and asks mo for a password. The current (and only existing user) password does not work and no blank password.
How can I get the passwords?

[cecar]

The password is your login password. You are the administrator of your computer.

[gsx1100f]

It does not let me run the user management with my password, as if I was not the administrator

/EDIT/ after a few times it did let me in the user management, but I still kave the problem that I cannot change the smb.conf file.

[cecar]

To edit your smb.conf file. In Terminal:

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gksu kate /etc/samba/smb.conf

[gsx1100f]

I typed what you said and it gave me : "The program 'gksu' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install gksu"

When I typed: "sudo apt-get install gksu"
I got: "[sudo] password for ruben:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
gcr gnome-keyring libcap2-bin libgck-1-0 libgcr-3-1 libgcr-3-common
libgksu2-0 libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common libpam-cap libpam-gnome-keyring
Suggested packages:
libcap-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gcr gksu gnome-keyring libcap2-bin libgck-1-0 libgcr-3-1 libgcr-3-common
libgksu2-0 libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common libpam-cap libpam-gnome-keyring
0 upgraded, 12 newly installed, 0 to remove and 419 not upgraded.
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/"

[cecar]

Sorry its kdesu in KDE.

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kdesu kate /etc/samba/smb.conf

[gsx1100f]

I get "kdesu: command not found".

The problem is not editing the file (there is an editor "Kate" that edits the file). My problem is that I cannot save the changes

[cecar]

I get "kdesu: command not found".

The problem is not editing the file (there is an editor "Kate" that edits the file). My problem is that I cannot save the changes

That's because you edit it without administrator rights so you have to open it with super user priviligies. This one SHOULD work.

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sudo kate /etc/samba/smb.conf

[gsx1100f]

Thx