Article 5M5GG Problems with su. (Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info)

Problems with su. (Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info)

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When I do "su" I get the following: Code:su: Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication infoWhat bugs me is that I can perfectly login as root when rebooting, doing "sudo -s" gives me a root terminal, and I can "su" to any other users.

Why does this happen? I don't understand what the "-s" option is (man page doesn't help) nor su's error message.latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA latest?i=EbU7lw4Edp4:GRKPcBdf2Bs:F7zBnMy latest?i=EbU7lw4Edp4:GRKPcBdf2Bs:V_sGLiP latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs latest?i=EbU7lw4Edp4:GRKPcBdf2Bs:gIN9vFwEbU7lw4Edp4
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