*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 393854 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393854
> I like su better than sudo -s,
Without more precise reasons for that, please understand we can't take that
request into account There are no downsides of using 'sudo -s' versus su.
> and local root login is nicer for servicing a system than the potential
> alternative of needing to reboot and chroot
why reboot and choot? You can do everything you want using 'sudo -s' and
Authentication prompt dialogs. And if you really want a admin-dedicated
account, you can create an account only for that, which a secure password, give
him admin rights and choose it in the list when authenticating. I guess you
didn't get my point because you think the drop-down doesn't work: actually, it
will allow you to choose any user, but not root, because it's not supposed to
have a password in this design. Just create a normal admin account, and
everything will work.
Please don't consider this behavior as a failure. You're not such an
"uneducated user" since you managed to create an account without
password. No Ubuntu documentation nor any graphical tool allowed you to
do so, and there's a reason for that. The only failure here is that
described in bug 393854, which is about allowing easy password-less
accounts. If you don't want to create a separate admin account, I
suggest you apply the method I described in my last comment and that is
on that bug report too.
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Unable to authenticate as user 'root' (I have added a password) OR as current
user (account has no password due to end user preference)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/454256
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