Correct me if i'm wrong but I was under the impression that login as root was disabled by default in Ubuntu. In order to do it you need to use sudo to give yourself root permissions (which then let you log in as any user).
Try this: sudo su -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Documentation Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-docs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1282597 Title: Ubuntu 13.10: Gnome-Terminal log in as su fails Status in “ubuntu-docs” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Gnome-Terminal: If you try to log in as superuser with the order 'su' the input of any passwords fails. You are not able for using the Gnome-Terminal as superuser like the Ubuntu-version 12.04 LTS. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1282597/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~documentation-packages Post to : documentation-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~documentation-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
