> You don't really get that far if your root FS is unmountable.
Hmm... if it truly can't be mounted, then the system can't read
`/etc/passwd` and then whether there is a root account or not makes
no difference.
In the "usual" case where the root FS is readable but fsck found errors,
then indeed
On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 11:00:26AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > You don't really get that far if your root FS is unmountable.
>
> Hmm... if it truly can't be mounted, then the system can't read
> `/etc/passwd` and then whether there is a root account or not makes
> no difference.
That's
On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 11:00:26AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Of course, the existence of a root password can occasionally be handy
> for things like `rsync` (strictly speaking, you can probably arrange
> for rsync to first log in as a normal user and then use `sudo`, but
> it requires a fair
On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 08:49:49AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> [trying to enter single user mode requires a root password]
>
> Of course, there are ways around that, but all of them involve having
> access to another living instance of an operating system,
Not all. You can supply kernel
On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 12:15:07PM +0300, Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 08:49:49AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...]
> > Up to now, there is exactly one case I am aware of when you'd wish
> > you had a root password: at boot, the root file system is deemed
> > too
Hi.
On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 08:49:49AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 06:06:50PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > Nevertheless there are rare cases only root can make changes.
> >
> > You mean cases where `sudo zsh -l` is not an option?
>
> Up to now, there
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 06:06:50PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > Nevertheless there are rare cases only root can make changes.
>
> You mean cases where `sudo zsh -l` is not an option?
Up to now, there is exactly one case I am aware of when you'd wish
you had a root password: at boot, the root
> Nevertheless there are rare cases only root can make changes.
You mean cases where `sudo zsh -l` is not an option?
Stefan
On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 17:00:39 -0400
Thomas George wrote:
> Nevertheless there are rare cases only root can make changes.
>
> What to do?
Check out "sudo -i".
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Thomas George (12021-08-14):
> The installation from a usb stick went smoothly. Everything works sudo
> commands work so I will rarely need to log on as root.
>
> Nevertheless there are rare cases only root can make changes.
>
> What to do?
sudo passwd
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