can't su, but can sudo?

[Rajinder Yadav]

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Rajinder Yadav<devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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.

Clifford is correct, you can't su directly into root on Ubuntu.

I must have been confused when I was creating my LFS and using su a
while back and then stopped =P

>
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Rajinder Yadav
>>> --
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