can't su, but can sudo?

Rajinder Yadav devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Sun Aug 30 00:19:13 UTC 2009


On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Kyle O'Donnell<kyleodonnell-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> are you using root's password when using su?

Yes I was able to su into admin mode before as root, now it seems I cannot.

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