su problem
 

When I type in my terminal 'su', than he says: wrong password... (immediately)
Normally he always asked me the password, but since a few days not anymore...
So I can't log in as a root in my terminal :(

mvg,

ole (redhat 8.0, KDE 3.0)

try 'su root'

vriendelijke groeten terug :)

su root has the same effect: he says
su: wrong password
:(

mvg :),

ole

Can you login from the console?

You could start a new shell by trying "su -".

Try loggin in in single user mode, there you can change the root password. Reboot and enter the command linux single or if that doesn't work, try passing linux init=/bin/bash.
Btw, it will be easier for people to help you in the future if you state your distro in your personal profile.

Maybe your enter key is broken

:D

You would think the would still get a password prompt - wouldn't you?

As for the sig - isn't that because XP loads a dos shell in order to run the mem command?

Maybe your /bin/su doesn't have setuid bit on.
$ ls -l /bin/su
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 23176 2003-06-24 15:46 /bin/su


You should see this (look the `s` character), enter as root (press CTRL-ALT-F1), and run:

$chmod +s /bin/su
$

hope this helps. ;-)

:D :D