can't su, but can sudo?

[Madison Kelly]

Rajinder Yadav wrote:
> 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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sudo su
passwd

you should be golden. :)
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