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    That does seem strange. Are you 100% sure you didn't active the root account by running sudo passwd after first installing but before changing passwords? Commented Mar 21, 2017 at 20:52
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    Along those lines, can you look in your /var/log/auth.log (and any older copies such as auth.log.1) for a line like passwd[6434]: pam_unix(passwd:chauthtok): password changed for root ? Commented Mar 21, 2017 at 21:09
  • @MarkPlotnick I've added this info to the question. Commented Mar 22, 2017 at 23:30
  • @terdon I've responded. So if I can verify this for sure on a fresh install do you think it's a bug I should report? Commented Mar 22, 2017 at 23:31
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    It turns out that I have exactly the same issue; Mint 17.1 upgraded to 17.3; As far as I know, I've never changed the root password. Commented Nov 29, 2017 at 9:48