can't su, but can sudo?

[Rajinder Yadav]

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Madison Kelly<linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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. :)

Thanks Madison, I feel golden already.
I'm getting rusty or trying to cram too many things into my pee brain ;)

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Rajinder Yadav
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