That's right, a default installation of Ubuntu intentionally does not set a root password at all. Please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for more details. I can't speak for the "Users and Groups" handling, and have added a bug task on Ubuntu gnome-system-tools for that.
** Also affects: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ubiquity Status: New => Invalid -- cannot chane/add root password... never prompted for ome at install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485242 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs