pb with sudo

Alexander Dalloz ad+lists at uni-x.org
Tue Aug 16 16:13:56 UTC 2005


Am Di, den 16.08.2005 schrieb Liloulinx um 17:52:

> I have problem with sudo. When I use this commande. The system told me 
> that the root password is wrong. But when I use the su commande it 
> accept this password.
> Where is the problem? Problem of encrypting!!!

The problem is a misconception in using `sudo'.

> Liloulinx (http://freealilou/free.fr)

`sudo' expects the sudoer's password - NOT the password of the root
user! In contrast to `su -l root', where you have to enter root's
password to become root.

Alexander


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