On Friday 20 March 2009 22:06:24 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Friday 20 March 2009 11:57:29 Lisi Reisz wrote: > >On Friday 20 March 2009 13:50:27 Jeffrey Cao wrote: > >> It does not demands the root password. It just request you to give root > >> a new password, which is the chance you could change root password > >> without knowing the old one. > > > >We must have different installations. I have used Etch and then Lenny for > >some time and I cannot boot into single user without giving it the correct > >(already existing) root password. > > It depends on your set-up. When root has a valid password and is not > disabled, you get a password prompt. If the root account is disabled or > has no password, you get a shell prompt. If the root password is expired, > you are asked to change it, possibly without being prompted for the old > one.
Thanks! I have never so far had to deal with a non-existent or expired password, which is, of course, why I don't see the other type of behaviour. I do indeed live and learn! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
