On 12/7/23 20:24, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 08:06:52PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
Thats bug #1. Single for rescue demands a root pw.
This isn't a bug. It's just how things *are*.
People who choose not to set a root password are simply setting themselves
up for this failure. It *will* happen eventually. I strongly recommend
setting a root password on your systems. And you should either *use* it
once in a while, so you don't forget what it is, or else make it the same
as your regular account's password. So you don't forget what it is.
If you *still* choose not to set a root password, then you will need to
know how to get around the issue you ran into. You won't be able to use
single-user mode to rescue your system, so you'll need other ways. There
are two straightforward alternatives: boot from external media (USB or CD
or DVD), or learn how to do the "init=/bin/bash" thing from your boot
loader, which includes bind-mounting /proc and /dev and so on.
.
I've now set a root pw, about 34 chars, so they'll be a couple eons
guessing it AND (horrors) have written it down.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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