I think we should answer some security questions to Recovery Mode before you are granted 'root' access.... the first user (the person who installed the operating system) could fill in the details upon installation.
e.g Mothers Maiden Name? Last School Attended -- Booting in recovery mode must ask for a password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/21994 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs