root password

[Nils Kassube]

Martin Laberge wrote:
> What if your /home directory is mounted on another disk,
> and unfortunately you can't start this disk. (for wathever reason, ex:
> fsck, fail, ...)
>
> Then you can't log in your account in text or X mode.
>
> You NEED root then. (no root passwd and you cant even repair your
> filesystems)

That's what the recovery mode is good for. You boot into recovery mode and 
you are directly logged in as root without using a password.


Nils