OK, well, this is not one of those post I’d like to publish, but just counted how many time people asked this question in the last 12 months. I found 32 emails.
I’ll give you the simplest, permanent UNSAFE solution. Use this if you need after finishing you server installation.DO NOT LEAVE ENABLED ON A LIVE RUNNING SERVER.
There are options to enable it temporarily, or set and expire time.
Be safe!
lnrsoft@server:~$ sudo su [sudo] password for lnrsoft: root@server:/home/lnrsoft# sudo passwd root New password: Retype new password: passwd: password updated successfully root@server:/home/lnrsoft# whoami root root@server:/home/lnrsoft#