no root account ubuntu?

[Mr Chris Aitken]

I had a tech install the latest ubuntu on my computer. He swears he was 
never asked for a password for root. It only asked that he create one 
account. The password for that account does not work for root (say, 
using su). Is there a default password for root? Does root not exist?

Chris
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