** Description changed:

  I've upgraded from jaunty to karmic and su or "su -" does no longer work
  when executed on the shell by a normal user.
  
  $ su -
- Password: 
+ Password:
  su: Authentication failure
  
  Logging in at the console as root works, however.
  I'm running authentification over LDAP and
- the local root user has a valid password (console login works).
+ the local root user has a valid password (so console login works).
  /etc/pam.d/su does not restrict to the wheel group:
  # auth       required   pam_wheel.so
  
  log messages in auth.log when I try "su -":
- Nov 13 14:54:19 swets unix_chkpwd[4719]: check pass; user unknown
- Nov 13 14:54:19 swets unix_chkpwd[4719]: password check failed for user (root)
- Nov 13 14:54:19 swets su[4717]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failure; 
logname=tanner uid=1659 euid=1659 tty=/dev/pts/2 ruser=tanner rhost=  user=root
- Nov 13 14:54:21 swets su[4717]: pam_authenticate: Authentication failure
- Nov 13 14:54:21 swets su[4717]: FAILED su for root by tanner
- Nov 13 14:54:21 swets su[4717]: - /dev/pts/2 tanner:root
+ Nov 13 14:54:19 myhost unix_chkpwd[4719]: check pass; user unknown
+ Nov 13 14:54:19 myhost unix_chkpwd[4719]: password check failed for user 
(root)
+ Nov 13 14:54:19 myhost su[4717]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failure; 
logname=myname uid=1659 euid=1659 tty=/dev/pts/2 ruser=tanner rhost=  user=root
+ Nov 13 14:54:21 myhost su[4717]: pam_authenticate: Authentication failure
+ Nov 13 14:54:21 myhost su[4717]: FAILED su for root by myname
+ Nov 13 14:54:21 myhost su[4717]: - /dev/pts/2 myname:root

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su does not work from shell
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482131
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