user(s) question

[Tom H]

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 3:08 PM, C de-Avillez <hggdh2 at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> 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).

I refer you to the earlier thread (of this month, started by NoOp)
where this didn't work without enabling root, AFAIR.