Given that the installer never asks you to set a root password, it's a bit odd to assume that su (which asks for root's password) would work, but it's perhaps fair to expect that shadow might give a bit of a hint.
** Also affects: shadow (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: wubi Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1153901 Title: su should exit with a message that root is locked To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/1153901/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs