Re: help needed: How to reset the root password

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> Am 17.12.2022 um 14:06 schrieb Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 2:57 AM Peter Boy <pboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A Quick Doc article describes the procedure:
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/reset-root-password/ 
> 
> We, the Fedora Docs team, are in the process to review and improve the Quick Docs articles. We are (unfortunately) not omniscient IT gods but need support from Fedora community. 
> 
> According to some comments (https://pagure.io/fedora-docs/quick-docs/issue/524) the article misses at least some information:
> 
> - the second part about using live CD doesn’t describe Workstation and BTRFS
> 
> I'm not sure why that wouldn't work for Workstation (or any standard install of a linux os) as long as the volume isn't encrypted. It doesn't even have to be a Fedora live image (probably about time to replace "CD" with "Image"), I could do the same (and used to) with System Rescue CD.
>  
> - for which Fedora variant do the instructions apply? Server for sure, Workstation? CoreOS? Silverblue? Kinoite? all spins? 
> 
> I can't speak to Silverblue...
> 
>  
> - what else is missing, misleading, or misunderstandable?
> 
> Looks pretty straight forward but I do which Fedora provided a helper script to mount the filesystems. I always have to look up what's supposed to be a "bind" mount or something else once I have /boot and / mounted.
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard


Many thanks for feedback. So we’ll publish it as is.
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