Re: Boots into emergency mode. How to analyze?
On Thursday 25 June 2015 14:45:10 The Wanderer wrote:
> On 06/25/2015 at 09:22 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Thursday 25 June 2015 13:33:25 The Wanderer wrote:
> >>> Booting into emergency mode doesn't help me, as I can neither
> >>> login without a root password, nor continue to default mode with
> >>> Ctrl-D because that just throws me back into emergency mode.
> >>
> >> Why don't you have the root password? Is this not your system, but
> >> just one you've been given for ordinary use?
> >
> > It is possible, in this Ubuntu-ised world, to install Debian without
> > a root password.
>
> Wouldn't that just mean that root has _no_ password?
Yes.
> Or does it actually set up the system so that root is an account
> configured to not actually log in, at all?
I don't quite know how it works.
> That would be a _crazy_
> design; there might be situations where it could make sense, but they
> would _not_ be for the casual user!
Tell me about it! Crackers! IMHO sudo can make sense where a lot of people
need access to certain restricted parts and you wnat to control who has
access to what. <dons flame-proof suit> I can see only disadvantages in
single user systems.
I know of a case where someone dist-upgraded to the next version *by mistake*.
Lisi
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