Steps for resetting a lost root password not working
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Description
Describe the bug
Steps described in https://github.com/vmware/photon/blob/master/docs/photon_troubleshoot/resetting-a-lost-root-password.md and even the release branch are not working
Reproduction steps
Follow the steps in the documentation till the final step of reboot -f
However, the command fails. See below screenshot
Expected behavior
System to reboot and root password reset
Additional context
$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="VMware Photon OS"
VERSION="5.0"
ID=photon
VERSION_ID=5.0
PRETTY_NAME="VMware Photon OS/Linux"
ANSI_COLOR="1;34"
HOME_URL="https://vmware.github.io/photon/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/vmware/photon/issues"
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Research direction
Start with docs/photon_troubleshoot/resetting-a-lost-root-password.md and reproduce the procedure on Photon OS 5.0 through the final reboot -f command. Compare the documented steps with the reported failure, then verify that the corrected procedure both reboots the system and resets the root password.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- documentation, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100