[Bug 1481904] Re: Recovery mode wants root password

[flocculant]

Going to assume this is a 'dev install kicking around for a while'
thing. Unable to reproduce elsewhere.

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Title:
  Recovery mode wants root password

Status in friendly-recovery package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Boot to recovery mode, drop to root shell.

  Asked for root password (seemingly actually requiring non-existent
  root password)

  Get sulogin: crypt failed : invalid argument

  Install not encrypted.

  Image attached (excuse the flash)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: friendly-recovery 0.2.31
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-3.3-generic 4.1.3
  Uname: Linux 4.1.0-3-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Wed Aug  5 21:28:24 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-12 (85 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150512)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: friendly-recovery
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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