Recover Mode, Was: Re: I messed up some config files, now all my users have lost sudo priv :(

Tue Jul 3 18:35:13 UTC 2007

On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 14:13 -0400, Rashkae wrote:
> 
> I have a question with regards to that.  When I choose Recovery mode,
> it prompts me to enter my root password for system maintenance.  How
> does that work in a default Ubuntu install with Root Password
> disabled? 

It accepts logins on a system with locked root accounts:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2006-January/064094.html