1-20-03 Knoppix release.

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Originally Posted by LinuxIdiot

I just installed this to the HD twice, but when i go to login as su it gives me

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ su
Password:
su: Authentication failure
Sorry.


Any help? I am gonna try re-installing with a shorter r00t password.

EDIT -- I still get the error of Authentication failure with shorter easier password to type

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I had this problem with Knoppix KDE but a shorter password worked for me.

Any further insights about the root password thing since last week? I just installed and I'm having a similar problem - actually if I login as a different user through KDM I can then su from a shell, but if I leave X or try to log in as root from KDM it won't authenticate me (same error as above.) weird? I've changed the password a few times (using passwd) and actually each time I get the error in a different place - at first I couldn't su once logged in as another user but COULD login as root at KDM. more weird?