#21 2017-07-14 06:07:34

KrunchTime

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Re: Should Root Account Be Enabled?

... because it's easier to search for solutions with a graphical desktop running.

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cpoakes

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Re: Should Root Account Be Enabled?

I don't claim to be an expert on the topic, but I guess I was thinking along the same lines, that a fix could be made via a live session. Are there situations where that would not work?

Sometimes you only have one machine (i.e. road warriors). If that machine is down, you have no access to download a live image. If you don't carry one or can't find the one you thought you had, you are SOL.

There is the init=/bin/bash kludge (if you remember it), but the root password/recovery option removes that cognitive load. You can get on with fixing your machine rather than spending your time acquiring a live image or refamiliarizing yourself with the init bash incantation.

cpoakes

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Re: Should Root Account Be Enabled?

...because it's easier to search for solutions with a graphical desktop running.

But many times I don't need to search for solutions because I know exactly what I f!@#ed up modified and all it requires is a single edit/correction.

MALsPa

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Re: Should Root Account Be Enabled?

I don't claim to be an expert on the topic, but I guess I was thinking along the same lines, that a fix could be made via a live session. Are there situations where that would not work?

Sometimes you only have one machine (i.e. road warriors). If that machine is down, you have no access to download a live image. If you don't carry one or can't find the one you thought you had, you are SOL.

Those aren't situations where a live image wouldn't work; they're situations where the user doesn't have access to one. Okay, I get that, but fortunately, those scenarios wouldn't apply to me as I have multiple machines here, and anyway I've always got a live image handy.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Should Root Account Be Enabled?

We could add an ISO image to the filesystem and a GRUB menu entry to boot to it, would that help?

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KrunchTime

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Re: Should Root Account Be Enabled?

There is the init=/bin/bash kludge (if you remember it), but the root password/recovery option removes that cognitive load. You can get on with fixing your machine rather than spending your time acquiring a live image or refamiliarizing yourself with the init bash incantation.

I haven't tried that kludge from a laptop.  However, when I tried it from my desktop, I could get it to work only once.  All other times my USB keyboard was unresponsive when I got to the root prompt.

We could add an ISO image to the filesystem and a GRUB menu entry to boot to it, would that help?

Shrugs...

Last edited by KrunchTime (2017-07-15 23:34:01)