konsole problem

[staind]

HI, I have a problem:

I type su in konsole, then i write the root password but a message appears:

su: authentication failure
Sorry.

Please i need help, thank you

[sky]

Re: konsole problem

Hi,

Instead of using su, you should use :

sudo -i

Then enter your user password, and you will be root.

Cheers

[cantab]

Re: konsole problem

Try sudo -i, and then enter your USER password

Then once you have a root shell, if you want to set the password, type passwd

By default the root account is locked - you have to use sudo. Sudo logs its actions - however it won't log those performed after entering sudo -i. There are ways to get root to have a shell that logs everything; these may be useful for understanding and recovering from mistakes, but are of virtually no use in detecting a reasonably competent attacker.