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= Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked in emergency mode (dracut emergency shell)
== Reason
This is a known problem. It happens Fedora releases 28 and newer, which dont require password for root account during
installation https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ReduceInitialSetupRedundancy#Root_Account[Root Account] and use
first user added as `administrator/superuser`. In this case root account is locked, and if `/home` is inaccessible then
the system cant use superuser/administrator account either.
== What to Do?
If you find yourself in this situation and you cant resolve problem with `/home` mounting from Live disk/USB,
and you need access to emergency mode, the solution is simple.
. Boot into Live disk/usb and chroot into your Fedora installations as documented in this https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/bootloading-with-grub2/#restoring-bootloader-using-live-disk[Fedora Quick-docs Article]
- following steps depends of your File System `LVM/BTRF/LUKS`.
. Unlock root account by supplying password for it:
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passwd root
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. Exit chroot environment with [Ctrl-d] or
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exit
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. Reboot your computer with GUI or with
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systemctl reboot
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