Enter superuser mode-problem

[Derek Broughton]

Pushparaj Shetty wrote:

> have installed XUbuntu Desktop 6.10.
> 
> I have   problem in Ubuntu. I cannot enter super user mode(in
> spite of  giving correct passwd).
> $su
> password:
> 
> Authentication failed.
> 
> But it same passwd is accepted in case of a other GUI based
> application( like change date &time)

None of those GUI apps are using "su" either, so the problem is that they
_don't_ take the same password.
-- 
derek