can't su, but can sudo?

Kyle O'Donnell kyleodonnell-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Sun Aug 30 00:01:43 UTC 2009


are you using root's password when using su?



On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I just recently noticed this on my Kubuntu x86_64
> When I su, I get a, "su: Authentication failure"
> but if I tyr sudo enter my password, everything works fine?
>
> Any ideas?
>
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