On 10/23/10 12:51 AM, Michael Welsh wrote:

The root password doesn't work with sudo, you need to login as "su" (just type 
that) first. However, sudo is much easier.

HTH,
Michael


In general there is no user called "su", so one can't log in as "su".

su is a command to 'switch user'. By default, it switches to the root account, but you can be used to switch to any user whose password you know.

Dave

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