[olug] Ubuntu, cant su root

[Jordan Fox]

if you are trying to use su to get root access in Ubuntu, then that is the
problem, not the password.  Ubuntu doesn't easily work with the su command.
But, sudo -s will give you a root session similar to using su.

Jordan

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Charles.Bird <charles.bird at powerdnn.com>wrote:

> I installed the latest ubuntu server for a client realllllly late last
> night, and the passwd for root is not working!
> *bites keyboard*
>
> and i screwed or what? anything i can do? I do know that i defined the
> passwd for root, and I documented it at the time as well.
>
>
> Charles "Zombie" Bird
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