Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late

Marc Haber <[email protected]> Sun, 02 Aug 2026 08:41:02 +0200
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Lawrence D´Oliveiro <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:03:48 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
>
>> Actually I appreciate when my system lets me log in early. That
>> gives me a chance to more easily fix things if things go wrong.
>>
>> Since my root passwords are really ugly¹, I hate systemd's attitude
>> of asking for the root password if something in the boot process
>> goes wrong.
>
>I’m sure that’s configurable, since everything else in systemd is.

Nosireebob.

>I notice some systems now require the root password if you try to use
>the “single” boot option. If that doesn’t work, there’s always
>something like “init=/bin/bash” ...

Unless you have secure boot on.

Greetings
Marc
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