Enable super user account password on Ubuntu
First, set a password for root user as shown below.
$ sudo passwd root [sudo] password for ramesh: Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully
DISABLING
Disable super user account password on Ubuntu
Later if you don’t want to use su anymore, you can lock the root user password using one of the methods shown below
$ sudo passwd -l root( or )
$ sudo usermod -p '!' root
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