SUDO

[Hike]

If you have the root password, try the following.

      $ su - root

When prompted, enter the root password.

sudo is to permit regular users to run priviledged commands.  What you  
are trying td is overly complex and redundant.


On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Matias Nicolas  
<matiasnicolas at live.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Hello all... look... I have a trouble with this... I've set up sudo  
> in order to be able to do su - to another user in the system... in  
> this case "root". I typed "sudo su -" I've put my password correctly  
> 3 times... and i got this:
>
>
>
> arlv810g at sigdbprd:/home/arlv810g> sudo su -
> root's password:
> Sorry, try again.
> root's password:
> Sorry, try again.
> root's password:
> Sorry, try again.
> sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
> arlv810g at sigdbprd:/home/arlv810g>
>
>
>
> I insist, the password I've typed is correctly typed... but I got  
> that error.
>
>
>
> Does anybody know what is wrong with it?...
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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