On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 18:24:33 +0100
Peter Percival  wrote:

> What is the root password?  My expectation was that when I first logged
> in as root I would be asked to nominate (and confirm) a password.  What
> happens is, I'm asked for root's password and I don't know what it is.

 There may well not be one, blocking root login by not having a
valid password for root is quite common practice these days.

 I suggest logging in as pi then run sudo passwd andset a root
password that you and nobody else knows.

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