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Changed Password Won't seem to work for account

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http://serverfault.com – Bit of an odd problem. I've got a server I can SSH into as one of two logins: root or erik. Once I've logged in as erik I've tried to switch to the root user: # sudo su - root Password: And entered the password. After several failures I thought I might have forgotten. So I SSH'd in as root, and changed the root password: # passwd Now back to the other shell (erik) and attempt to run sudo su - root and again, it won't accept the just changed password. Any ideas? (HowTos)

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Submitted by taskli on 06/24/2012 – Made popular on 06/24/2012

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