user(s) question

[C de-Avillez]

On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:49:13 -0400
Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:

> So you can enable root, boot into runlevel 1, rename RRR to RRRadmin,
> reboot, disbale root, and create a non-admin RRR.

Why not just boot into recovery mode (from the grub menu)?

* if there is a valid root password, you will be prompted for it, and
  put into a shell
* if root is set as the default Ubuntu, you will be put into a shell
  (equivalent to run level 1).

Of course, if you have a system with multiple filesystems, they will
not be mounted (you are at run level 1, after all). But / will be
there.

Cheers,

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