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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