BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: Why you need a root password
De:       Theo
Data:     Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:10:05 +0000
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Richard Kettlewell  wrote:
> I think TNP is seeing the emergency.service unit, which is run under
> certain boot failure conditions. The effect is to run sulogin, which
> normally requests the root password.
> 
> AFAICT if there is no root password set, sulogin will give you a root
> shell without requesting any authentication.

Yes.  Ubuntu doesn't set a root password, so when you get that prompt to
enter the root password for maintenance you can just press Enter and you're
in.

Theo

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