Change the root password

Asked Sep 23 '19 at 13:21

Active Sep 24 '19 at 07:42

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I have used this procedure to change the root password:

That has worked in the past. This time I get:

bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device
bash: no job control in this shell
root@(none):/#

Then nothing. No response to any keyboard entry.

I also tried to boot to the recovery mode but when I hit to "Drop to root shell prompt", it shows me the message:

Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue)

edited Sep 24 '19 at 07:42

asked Sep 23 '19 at 13:21

Cebrayil

@Melebius I also checked this but when I came "Drop to root shell prompt" it wants from me to write root password. – Cebrayil Sep 23 '19 at 13:52
I checked this @Fabbyit requires root password. – Cebrayil Sep 24 '19 at 05:27
@Melebius I am using the arrow keys scroll down to root when I hit to "Drop to root shell prompt" ,it shows me "Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue)" message – Cebrayil Sep 24 '19 at 07:23
It didn't make difference .I edited question – Cebrayil Sep 24 '19 at 07:43
It takes a peer review I beleive but the edits will show up. – EODCraft Staff Sep 24 '19 at 08:01
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Normally Ubuntu has not activated log in as user root. Instead you are encouraged to have at least one user, that can use sudo (with their own user password). Maybe there is a userID with sudo permissions, that can do system tasks. – sudodus Sep 24 '19 at 08:15
@EliahKagan this link helps me .I solved .There is a answer of my error in this link .I mounted wrong partition.Thanks a lot. – Cebrayil Sep 25 '19 at 12:04
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None of the so called duplicates are helpful at all because eventually they just come down "use init=/bin/bash" which then drops you to this ioctl message and that's the end of it because after tihis error message bash doesn't accept any keystrokes. Not even ctrl+alt+del. – chx May 07 '20 at 03:22

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