[arch-general] Initramfs fallback render

Thomas Bächler thomas at archlinux.org
Fri Nov 15 10:02:05 EST 2013


Am 15.11.2013 15:55, schrieb Anatol Pomozov:
> The "correct" way to disable root completely is to make it expired
> "usermod --expiredate DATE_IN_PAST root". I tried it on my machine and
> found that pacman is broken. I believe it uses "su" before running
> install scripts.

Nothing about disabling the root account is "correct". If you disable
the account, both 'su' and 'sudo' cannot function. You _need_ the root
account.


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