unable to connect as root in terminal window

[norbert casasole]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

i need to use the window terminal to write some code as a root!
in the window i get:su , then my password and the answer says (echec d'authentification) unable to identify!
What can i do ?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat May 3 17:57:36 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
Package: gnome-terminal 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for your comments. This does not appear to be a bug report and we are closing it. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise your question in the support tracker. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu