Denied SU access in Konsole

[Horza]

I've got an unusual problem that I can't figure out how to solve (or even how it happened. I'm running kubuntu Feisty and during install, it prompted me only for a single password. Previously when I was running Mandriva, I was prompted for both a root password as well as a login password.

The trouble is that when I'm in Konsole, it will not allow me su privilege:

su: Authentication failure
Sorry.

Anybody have any ideas? I have access to admin mode in System Settings with that pass and can seemingly do anything I require save for su access in konsole.

[dibl]

Re: Denied SU access in Konsole

try

sudo su

[beowulf]

Re: Denied SU access in Konsole

For security reasons Kubuntu has disabled root. Instead uses sudo command.

So if you want to run a command as root you must use sudo like this:

$ sudo your-command-here

And it will prompt for your $USER password. The password that you provided during installation.

Or if you're gonna type a sequence of commands that requires root privileges you can open a session:

$ sudo -s
# and-your-root-commands-here
# exit
$

You can enable root user (not recomended) described in www.ubuntuguide.org.

Best

[Horza]

Re: Denied SU access in Konsole

HA!

Worked like a charm, thanks for the quick reply guys.

[Snowhog]

Re: Denied SU access in Konsole

You can also open a Root Shell (you will be prompted for your password) and work as root all day long (within the shell).