Re: [SLUG] Newbie root problems

[Ken Foskey <foskey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 20:35 +1000, Josh Shone wrote:
> I want log in as root. Discovered that you can allow for this in KDE by 
> adjusting "AllowRootLogin=true" in the file kdmrc. Cannot do this 

This is only for a graphical login.  You do not need to do this to use
su.

>     su
>     (My root password)
> 
> and tada:
> 
>     su: Authentication Failure

Bottom line is you are using the wrong password.  Maybe capslock, you
used punctuation instead of digits, or something else.

There is a possibility that you have been hacked and the hacker has
changed the password.  Happened to me on a non-root account once.

Finally you may simply have to remove the root password then create a
new one.  There are ways to achieve this if you need to.


-- 
Ken Foskey
FOSS developer