Re: [trinity-users] Next problem

On Friday 20 March 2015, Gene Heskett wrote:

password. But the only way to get rid of a root password is a bare metal reinstall.

surely not. I don't know the answer by heart, but editing in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow, or other files for sure gives you the possibility to get rid of the password.

Here seems to be an answer to your question: http://www.debianadmin.com/enable-and-disable-ubuntu-root-password.html

In short: --- snip --- If you want to disable root account in ubuntu you need to lock the root account by using the following command

$sudo passwd -l root --- snip ---

I've not tested it though

Gerhard