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Re: Why you need a root password

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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> ...if your system fails to boot and you end up in maintenance mode there 
> is no way out except use of the root login and password...

Strange, if it can read the root password hash from storage, why
can't it read the other ones? Does RPi OS it store that password in
the initrd but not the other ones? When they can't mount the root
filesystem, I remember other Linux distros going to a command prompt
without asking for a password, though I haven't seen what RPi OS
does.

> And if its a Pi zero you have to buy  adapters to plug in a USB keyboard 
> to enter it on and an HDMI monitor to see what is going on.

A quick and cheap alternative is to cut a USB extension cable or
a lead from an old PC USB socket back-panel and solder it to the
test points with the USB signals on the bottom of the Pi Zero's
circuit board. For the monitor, solder wires or a header to the
composite video output which can be enabled in config.txt.

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Why you need a root password The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-25 13:49 +0000
  Re: Why you need a root password not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-03-26 08:20 +1000
    Re: Why you need a root password Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-25 23:25 +0000
      Re: Why you need a root password The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-26 07:14 +0000
        Re: Why you need a root password not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-03-27 08:28 +1000
      Re: Why you need a root password Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-03-26 11:10 +0000
    Re: Why you need a root password The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-26 07:10 +0000

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