Re: password set at installation of debian-10.10.0-amd64 not recognized

From	Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: password set at installation of debian-10.10.0-amd64 not recognized
Date	2021-08-15 16:40 +0200
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On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 08:49:49AM +0200, tomas@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 parameters from the GRUB menu to get
around it.  Historically, "init=/bin/bash" used to work, but that may
not be enough these days.  I haven't tried it in a while.

> Does anyone know other cases where you'd wish you had a root password?

If the sudo package happens to break.

If you break your sudoers file by accident.  ("But who could *possibly*
screw that up?  The format is so simple that you *barely* need a PhD
in computer science to understand the documentation!")

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password set at installation of debian-10.10.0-amd64 not recognized Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2021-08-14 23:10 +0200
  Re: password set at installation of debian-10.10.0-amd64 not  recognized Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-08-15 00:00 +0200
  Re: password set at installation of debian-10.10.0-amd64 not recognized Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-08-15 00:10 +0200
    Re: password set at installation of debian-10.10.0-amd64 not  recognized <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-15 09:00 +0200
      Re: password set at installation of debian-10.10.0-amd64 not  recognized Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-08-15 11:20 +0200
        Re: password set at installation of debian-10.10.0-amd64 not  recognized <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-15 13:50 +0200
          Re: password set at installation of debian-10.10.0-amd64 not recognized Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-08-15 17:10 +0200
            Re: password set at installation of debian-10.10.0-amd64 not  recognized Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-15 17:20 +0200
            Re: password set at installation of debian-10.10.0-amd64 not  recognized <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-15 17:30 +0200
      Re: password set at installation of debian-10.10.0-amd64 not  recognized Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-15 16:40 +0200

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