SU password

[Raeknouhl]

> however when I go to
>terminal and enter su my password fails.


In Ubuntu, you don't use the su command. To do administrative tasks, you use 
the "sudo" command.
Example:
For installing something via the "apt-get" command in the terminal, you don't 
write:
apt-get install <package>
But you have to write:
sudo apt-get install <package>

For more information visit:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#Usage 

MFG, 
Raeknouhl