[MyL5] Received my Librem 5 (Evergreen)

[twrightsman]

What does locking the root password do?

Starting a new thread to deal with people’s questions to avoid overcrowding the other thread. The Librem 5 apparently comes with the root account password locked. This means… You cannot log in as root using a password You can use sudo to do root things like installing/updating packages You can easily set a password on the root account to unlock it For comparison with rooted Android phones, the Librem 5 is still considered “rooted” because you can do things as root with sudo, even with the ro…

Please move questions/comments on locked root passwords here