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  1. Bug #290467
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 290467

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Brian Burger (bburger) wrote : Re: unable to avoid login

There is no default password for root in Ubuntu - root is simply locked.

When a default install of Ubuntu asks for a password, it is asking for the user password - assuming the user account has sudo privs, which of course the initial/default account does.

Much more information here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo