Cannot login as root in terminal

[Jeff Vian]

On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 14:24 +0100, Jon Jahren wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm having a problem changing from my user "jon" to "root" using su -,
> it worked before, and it stopped working after my computer mysteriously
> locked up. I can use my root password to log in via gdm and install rpms
> via the gui, but if I try to change to root in a gnome-terminal I get
> "incorrect password", I've tried disabling selinux, and I can't find
> anything in the logs about it. Any help appreciated, thanks.
> Regards
> Jon Jahren
> 
With no additional information I have to ask if you have been hacked.

A lockup followed by inability to switch to root with su is very
suspicious.