Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password
On Sat 15 Mar 2014 at 15:01:26 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Sb, 15 mar 14, 05:45:14, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> > If another OS had not been available but I knew the root password, is there
> > some way I could have gained access as root?
>
> - Debian installer rescue mode
> - boot in recovery mode[1]
>
> Could you please clarify for us how you "know the root password", but
> can't "gain access as root"? We are close to taking bets :)
>
> [1] not sure how this works with a disabled root account though, in case
> you chose this during installation. Would a kind list subscriber with
> such a setup please test and clarify this for us?
sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell
root@localhost:~#
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