What is the root password? I have never been asked by my cube... You say the password will not been shown but will the cursor move or not when I type a password? Thanks, > On 2003-03-21 14:24, Allan Hise wrote: > >> On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, miln wrote: >> >>> I typed the following (at the place of brooks there is my name...): >>> [cube:~] brooks% su - >>> Password: >>> >>> Then I don't know what to do, I can't give my password and if I type enter, >>> it says su: sorry >>> What's wrong? >> >> when you use 'su' you need the root password. >> when you use 'sudo' you use your (admin) password. > > And the password will not be shown on the screen while you type. > > ,xtG > .tsooJ