On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 11:35 +0530, Sreeja O V wrote: > I am new user .I installed newest vertion of openolaris(Jan 1 2009) with my > ubuntu 8.10. Then i tried to install jdk kit. while tried "sudo" to move jdk > into /opt like > $ sudo mv jdk1.6.0_10/ /opt > ............ > ........ > password > Sorry,try again. > password > Sorry,try again. > ......... > > But i am sure about my root password . > Why it happens ? you need to add the 'user' to the sudoers list in /etc/sudoers. Check man pages of sudo(1m)
-partha