From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joshua Branson Subject: Re: Single user mode in GuixSD Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2018 08:41:19 -0500 Message-ID: <87h8fxl5z4.fsf@fastmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34831) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gT5Vc-0004WT-OS for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Dec 2018 08:40:37 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gT5VZ-0007C5-Fs for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Dec 2018 08:40:36 -0500 Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:51241) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gT5VZ-0007Bx-Cv for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Dec 2018 08:40:33 -0500 Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1261722022 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2018 08:40:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from dobby (unknown [72.12.220.132]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A4E3AE44F4 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2018 08:40:32 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (znavko's message of "Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:02:41 +0100 (CET)") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix@gnu.org writes: > Hello, Guix Help! Once I've lost root password and need to restore root password in GuixSD. > If you've lost the root password, I don't believe there is much that we can do. You might just have to reinstall. :() > I've tried to press 'e' in GRUB, added init=/bin/sh and booted into it. > > But login screen appeared, if it was the usual boot. And I need to use usb-stick, mount file system, delay root hash from /etc/shadow. > > Please, how to get single-user mode in GuixSD?