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Re: authentication failure



semgogo sem wrote in Article <[🔎] BAY23-F203F756D1E7B9CC289B272B47D0@phx.gbl>
posted to gmane.linux.debian.user:

> Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction...
> 
> Using SSH , I cannot log in using root - I get 'acccess denied'.

Never log in as root.

> I can log in using a second account I have set up, however when I try su - 
> root (and give root password) it fails and reports 'su: authentication 
> failure sorry'.  

Use  your root password on the Password: prompt su gives you.



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