su: authentication failure

Hello, I am unable to 'su' to root or any other user (except when being root). /var/log/auth.log tells me this: unix_checkpwd: check pass: user unknown PAM_unix: authentication failure; sebastia(uid=1000) -> root for su service pam_authenticate: Authentication failure I feel I have to tell som

Re: su authentication failure

; % su > Password: > su: Authentication failure > Sorry. > > Which I wouldn't expect with a root definition in /etc/passwd of: > > % grep root /etc/passwd > root::0:0:root:/root:/usr/bin/tcsh > > I've got the following versio

su authentication failure

Hola~ I finally took the plunge and pointed apt-get on to the unstable packages. So far, no major problems, wahoo. I am getting some weirdness, tho. When I run su, now, I get: % su Password: su: Authentication failure Sorry. Which I wouldn't expect with a