Once upon a time, Ben Cotton <bcotton(a)redhat.com> said:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FixRescueMode
== Summary ==
Fedora defaults to locking the root account, which is needed by
single-user mode. This Change uses `sulogin --force` so the password
request is bypassed under this circumstance.
Thanks!
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Chris Adams <linux(a)cmadams.net>