error creating the child process for this terminal

[Rashkae]

Siggy Brentrup wrote:

> Tried that the other week, I was prompted for *root*'s password
> which doesn't exist :(
> 
> Siggy
> 

Oh tricky,, you've accumulated all kinds of unusual customizations <g>

In this case, however, to recover access to root terminal:

Press ESC key during Grub boot to open Grub menu.

Press E key to edit the default Linux entry

Scroll down to the kernel= line, and press E key to edit.  append
"init=/bin/bash" to the end of the kernel options.  Press B to boot.

Once you are in the very plain terminal, with root access, you should be
able to use /usr/bin/passwd root  to assign a new and known password for
root account. (As an unrelated asside, why is passwd in /usr and not in
/sbin?  I suppose since no one uses shared remote /usr anymore, the
question is kind of moot)