root password setting unoffered at install

[Nils Kassube]

Kent Paul Dolan wrote:
> I just installed Ubuntu 7.10 (64 bit desktop version), and I
> was not offered a chance to set the root password during the
> install. Did I miss something, or is the default password for
> root published somewhere? I'm quite nervous about the default
> being left in place, so any help would be appreciated.

No need to become nervous. There is no default password but root login is 
disabled by default. See <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo> for 
more details.


Nils