Dapper fixed in http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-316-1. Edgy was fixed yesterday, closing.
I made the bug public since the USN refers to it and it's now fixed. ** Visibility changed to: Public ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- Backing up from final installation dialog results in blank root password https://launchpad.net/bugs/48350 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs