On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 06:47:38PM +0100, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
Well, I understand the problem that this patch is addressing. However, the ability to get root shell on runlevel 1 without root password has always been a time saver when you forgot it or couldn't contact the previous admin. It saved me from:
- booting from a livecd (assuming it had a cd drive)
- booting from PXE (assuming it had a PXE-capable eth)
- taking out the root drive and mounting it in a different machine
One of those actions seems totally reasonable to require for a forgotten root password.