From: jidanni@jidanni.org
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: [semi-PATCH] grub.texi: emergency booting without root passwd
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:10:07 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eizu21o0.fsf_-_@jidanni.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87bpxru9w3.fsf@jidanni.org
Please add this somewhere you feel comfortable with in grub.texi.
I looked, but cannot find the right place.
Thank you.
@Chapter Tips
@node Forgot the root password
One place when grub can come in very handy is when one forgot the root
password, and hence cannot boot or even shutdown the system. Use
@example
linux /boot/vmlinuz-... root=... rw init=/bin/sh
initrd /boot/initrd.img-...
@end example
The key is the "rw init=/bin/sh". (And after editing /etc/passwd to change
root's :x: to ::, be sure not to just exit the shell, but hit
CTRL-ALT-DEL, else one has to push the reset button.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-26 19:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2008-10-08 21:40 ` forgot passwd, cannot login, [rd]init=/bin/sh don't work jidanni
2008-10-08 23:09 ` walt
2008-10-09 18:19 ` Niels Böhm
2008-10-11 2:46 ` jidanni
2008-10-15 18:41 ` jidanni
2008-12-26 18:57 ` [PATCH] menu.c clearer instructions jidanni
2008-12-26 19:48 ` cmdline.c: ESC at any time exits: only mentioned once jidanni
2009-01-24 20:11 ` Vesa Jääskeläinen
2009-01-25 9:42 ` Carles Pina i Estany
2008-12-26 20:46 ` [PATCH] menu.c clearer instructions Carles Pina i Estany
2008-12-26 22:54 ` jidanni
2008-12-27 6:53 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-12-27 22:49 ` jidanni
2008-12-30 1:09 ` jidanni
2008-12-30 8:12 ` Jerone Young
2009-01-01 0:18 ` jidanni
2009-01-05 5:31 ` Jerone Young
2009-01-05 23:53 ` jidanni
2009-01-23 20:05 ` patches not acted upon jidanni
2009-01-24 20:02 ` Vesa Jääskeläinen
2009-01-25 3:24 ` Jerone Young
2009-01-26 19:27 ` jidanni
2008-12-26 19:10 ` jidanni [this message]
2008-12-26 20:42 ` [semi-PATCH] grub.texi: emergency booting without root passwd Carles Pina i Estany
2009-01-24 20:06 ` Vesa Jääskeläinen
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