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    su: Authentication failure

    Hi i'm new on this, I got Kubuntu 12.04 recently installed

    I try to access as a super user but it says "su: Authentication failure" and i know the password is right because i used it before (i use it when the computer hibernates)

    thanks

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    Re: su: Authentication failure

    Ubuntu doesn't set a valid password for root so you can't use su. Use sudo instead.
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    Re: su: Authentication failure

    Try sudo su. It worked for me.

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    Re: su: Authentication failure

    Quote Originally Posted by E5C4P3 View Post
    Try sudo su. It worked for me.
    You shouldn't use 'sudo su', instead the recommended method is to do:
    Code:
    sudo -i
    Cheesemill

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