On Sun, 2016-10-09 at 08:06 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote: > On 10/08/16 19:02, Greg Woods wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Joachim Backes > > <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > wrote: > > > > If you add "init=/bin/bash" to the grub line, there is simply a root > > shell started (with id=0), so no password is required > > > > > > This doesn't change what I said about "vanilla system"; it requires the > > installed system be explicitly modified. > > Hi Greg, > > I'm running a F24 system with the kernel 4.7.7-200.fc24.x86_64 (no > vanilla!), and adding "init=/bin/bash" to the grub line really boots > into a root shell! Of course, but note that Bash is now process 1 and will not do many of the things process 1 normally does, such as running all the init scripts in /etc/init.d. Expect your system not to work normally. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx