Re: unable to su to root, sudo works

["Damon L. Chesser" <damon@damtek.com>]

joseph lockhart wrote:
> > > > I can log in as root (shown above) both on tty1
> > > >         
> > and in the GUI (gdm).
> >     
> > > > Running Sid, up to date
> > > > This is not a show stopper, but it makes me go,
> > > >         
> > "hmmmmm".  Any ideas?
> >     
> > > > and I can do sudo su.
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > When you are using su, are you using your password
> > >       
> > or root's password?
> >     
> > >   
> > >       
> > sudo, miy user passwd, su, roots.
> >
> > I have sudo su, then ran passwd for root to varify
> > typos.  Currenty the 
> > passwd is the same for testing reasons.  Varified by
> > logging in to tty1.
> >
> >     
> does the problem still occur if you change the root
> password? (conflicting in some way)
>   

Yes
> jwlockhart
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