The root password is not random, but the root login is disabled. So even if you change it using "sudo passwd", you cannot login with it.
Please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for more information. Thank you. ** Changed in: ubuntu Assignee: Saïvann Carignan (saivann) => dAniel hAhler (blueyed) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- [Hardy 8.04 alpha-2 users groups] Can't login as root because administrative user can't change root's initial random password. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179504 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
