[techtalk] Forgotten root password

[Rik Hemsley]

#if Kelly Lynn Martin
> If you boot with init=/bin/bash, the root file system is mounted
> read-only.  You must remount it read-write before you try to do
> anything that would change it (like, for example, change root's
> password).  Just a little detail that could be confusing to the
> first-time /bin/bash booter. :)

Ah, I forgot that.
BTW, you get the prize for the most complete and correct answer :)

Rik

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