On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 14:24 +0100, Jon Jahren wrote: > Hi. > > I'm having a problem changing from my user "jon" to "root" using su -, > it worked before, and it stopped working after my computer mysteriously > locked up. I can use my root password to log in via gdm and install rpms > via the gui, but if I try to change to root in a gnome-terminal I get > "incorrect password", I've tried disabling selinux, and I can't find > anything in the logs about it. Any help appreciated, thanks. > Regards > Jon Jahren > With no additional information I have to ask if you have been hacked. A lockup followed by inability to switch to root with su is very suspicious.
