Re: problems with command su

joy merwin monteiro
2004-12-07T18:21:46Z

Hi,

when you are at the LILO bootloader prompt type
single as an argument to the kernel.
after it boots , type passwd to change your password.

should work, try it out and tell us...

The same should work on grub as well,
there is an option to edit kernel parameters before booting.
try it out.

regards,
Joy.M.Monteiro

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 11:01:31 -0500, Vladimir E. Rodriguez
<vrodriguez@municipiodeloja.gov.ec> wrote:
> Hello, I'm new user in linux community. I have installed in my computer
> mandrake linux 10.0
>
> Sometime ago it was working normal without problems. After that I changed the
> root password, always that I want to change something in the configuration of
> the system, I run su from other user (vladimir).
>
> But the system says 'invalid password'. I tried the old, and new password, but
> it doesn't work
>
> I have to logout, and login with root to change some configurations.
>
> Anyone could help me!!
>
> thank you
>
> Vladimir
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