[23:27] <snowhawk01> hello
[23:28] <snowhawk01> I am trying to get authenticated in my shell. 
[23:28] <snowhawk01> su : Authentication failure
[23:32] <snowhawk01> hello
[23:32] <uhug> hi
[23:32] <tomreyn> sudo -i
[23:33] <tomreyn> it's not clear whart you're trying to do there snowhawk01 
[23:33] <tomreyn> (or why)