On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You'd have to use: > /sbin/reboot -f Right, thanks. > Have a look at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_reset_a_root_password > (FWIW that bit, among others, was added by the systemd maintainer in Fedora). I referred to that same wiki earlier in this thread. It seemed dated because it starts out saying that setting a root password is mandatory, which isn't correct. And a big part of the problem is this incongruence between systemd requiring a root password but the installer not requiring a root password. So in the however likely event the user needs emergency target, or is inadvertently dropped there, some percent of users are stuck because they don't have a root password and they're not really informed of this in advance. So it's a catch-22. Either systemd needs to back off on the root password requirement, which seems unlikely, or the installer needs to insist the user set a root password, which is sorta icky because two passwords to do an installation? And then the most likely user who will fall into this trap is the Fedora Workstation user, who also has media that can't boot in rescue mode (i.e. anaconda rescue mode). Still, short term I think it's better if the user is required to set a root password. I think we have more users who end up getting dropped to emergency shell with a reference to rdsosreport than users exposing themselves to vulnerability by having a root password set (vs not set). -- Chris Murphy -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
