Root password???

[Mario Vukelic]

On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 09:37 +0100, gpeck157 wrote:
> What do you mean by "whatever you give it won't work"?
> You're saying there is no root password, and that is not the case. 

He means exactly that, in a default Ubuntu install the root account
is /locked/, and there is /no/ root password (not even a secret one).
Therefore /whatever/ you give as a password when you try to log in as
root will /not work/.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo