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:
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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
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I've not tested it though
Gerhard