[PLUG] Lost root password

[Russell Johnson]

On Nov 19, 2011, at 10:06 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:

> I understand there are differences between sudo and actually being
> root. Do these make me really root? 'Cause I need to feel the power.
> 
> And why could I become root with just su before, but now it won't take
> the password?

It's entirely possible that root logins have been disabled. (This is a good thing.) That would explain why it works with sudo su -, but doesn't work with su -. 

Russell Johnson
russ at dimstar.net