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Default fake password login?

is this possible? if yes then how?

a friend of mine told me that their is a senerio using which...

step. 1.. we don't know the password of the super user i.e root.

step. 2 .. but when we are going to login with the superuser account with the unknown password.....we get through.

though this is not somthing professional but is this possible? and how can v do this.
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