Asking for a password in Single User mode

[Leszek Lesner]

Am Samstag, 2. Februar 2013, 00:42:53 schrieb Ioannis Vranos:
> OS: Lubuntu 12.10 32-bit.
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I searched the web, and could not find a solution to this. How can I
> make the system ask for password, when booting in Single User mode?

You need to set a password for the 'root' user. You can use a command line 
sudo passwd root 
for it. Once this is setup it should ask even in single user mode for this 
root password.