Terminal accepts only Login Password as Root Password

[shankar58989]

Hello,

When installing MXLinux I set up my root password to be different from my login password. I noticed that the GUI thing that asks for password when I open Synaptic accepts the root password that I setup. But whenever the terminal asks for the root password it accepts only my login password as root password. If i enter my actual root password it says the password is wrong.

I suppose this is a bug, so reporting it here.

Thanks

[JayM]

What are you typing in the terminal, su or sudo? Sudo requires your user's password, su requires the root password. That's normal and how they work. Some distros (Mint, for one) never even give you the opportunity to create a root password and require you to use sudo for everything. Just opening the Xfce terminal by itself won't ask you for any password, it will just open.

[shankar58989]

Hello Jay,

Thanks for your reply. Yes I was typing sudo and not su. I now have understood the difference and the behaviour of the terminal.

[JayM]

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