[ale] for all you systemd haters...

[Damon L. Chesser]

What's a root password?  Is that like a certificate thingy?


On 02/16/2018 11:44 AM, James Sumners via Ale wrote:
> I'm pretty sure this thread was a joke. I certainly hope the majority 
> were aware of how to specify the program to run after kernel booting. 
> I'm sure we've all had to reset a root password that last guy didn't 
> leave us.
>
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:20 Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org 
> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>
>
>     > >On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 5:11 PM, Jim Kinney via Ale
>     <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org>>
>     > >wrote:
>     > >
>     > >> heh, heh,.
>     > >>
>     > >> Edit your grub kernel line and append init=/bin/bash
>     > >>
>     > >> no systemd.
>
>     > On February 15, 2018 9:06:05 PM EST, William Wylde
>     > <durtybill at gmail.com <mailto:durtybill at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > >Do you still get all your drivers & crap loaded that way?
>     > >
>
>
>
>     On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:01:53 -0500
>     Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>     > It's pretty much the same as run level 1. If the initrd loads the
>     > driver, it in.
>
>     That's a big "if". Systemd is usually interwoven with the
>     initramfs and
>     usually implies big, complicated initramfs'.
>
>
>     > If it's loaded by a startup process, nope.
>     >
>     > So it's a rather crap-free environment.
>
>     init=/bin/bash is an old time diagnostic to debug early boot and init.
>     It's not a substitute for any init system.
>
>
>     One more thing: This is a diagnostic, not a solution for "systemd
>     haters". And speaking of the phrase "systemd haters", a more accurate
>     representation would be "lovers of simplicity, modularity, and
>     functionality."
>
>     SteveT
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