(Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 09:45:15AM +0100) Rodrigo Rivas : > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Ismael Bouya > <ismael.bouya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > However when we need to boot into "fallback mode", initramfs asks for root > > password! Is there a standard/automated way to ask/permit another user via > > initramfs in Archlinux? > > > ...because you should only do that when your boot console is secure. The > argument is that if anyone has physical access to your computer, they can > boot from a LiveCD or USB anyway... Well, that's how I dealt with my problem, I was lucky that I had one, but... > > > If not, how do you deal with that usually? > > > > Let's go to the point! The pasword is asked by the systemd services > "emergency.service" or "rescue.service", that run "/sbin/sulogin". > > So your easiest solution is to modify these services to use the argument > "--force", that according to "man sulogin" will do what you want: > > For that create the directory "/etc/systemd/system/emergency.service.d" and > in it the file "10-nopasswd.conf" with this content: > > [Service] > ExecStart=-/sbin/sulogin --force > > And the same repacing rescue for emergency. Hum that will accept passwordless login wont it? I was telling of accepting a specific (trusted) user's password instead of root's But at least I know now which direction to look at, I'll test it next time I have physical access to my computer, and report.. Thanks! -- Ismael
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