Re: Boot normally, but give me a root shell

[Joachim Backes]

On 10/08/16 19:02, Greg Woods wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Joachim Backes
> <[e-mail] >
> wrote:
> If you add "init=/bin/bash" to the grub line, there is simply a root
> shell started (with id=0), so no password is required
>
>
> This doesn't change what I said about "vanilla system"; it requires the
> installed system be explicitly modified.

Hi Greg,

I'm running a F24 system with the kernel 4.7.7-200.fc24.x86_64 (no 
vanilla!), and adding "init=/bin/bash" to the grub line really boots 
into a root shell!

Kind regards

Joachim Backes