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.
