In Ubuntu root is "disabled" until you type in sudo passwd root on the command line from your admin account (the 1st account created).
You can then log in as root from the console.
You never want to be able to login via telnet or ssh as root. Always login as yourself, then use sudo commands or su to root.
Mikel
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