Im not sure but make sure your 'su' command has not been aliased by someone/thing. [sfaf@sdf]alias If u find an entry for su there,type 'unalaias su' and it should work. gudlk. kaushal. rocsys. On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 21:31, Vladimir E. Rodriguez 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 > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html