GRUB vs lilo

[Erik Bågfors]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 23:37:04 +0200, Duncan Anderson
<duncangareth at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Another thing. Ubuntu never asked me for a root password, so after the
> machine booted up and I logged in as an ordinary user, I found the menu
> option for a root xterm window, and typed in "passwd" at the hash
> prompt. I then assigned a root password. Then, by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1,
> I changed to tty1 and logged in as root in text mode. It seemed to work OK.
> 
> Why does Ubuntu not ask for a root password during installation?
> 

Please check the FAQ at the ubuntu webpage.

Regards,
Erik