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= Root Account Locked
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Héctor H. Louzao P
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:revnumber: F28 and newer
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:revdate: 2021-11-21
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:category: Administration
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:tags: How-to, root, troubleshooting
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//:page-aliases:
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== Phenomenon
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Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked in emergency mode (dracut emergency shell)
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== Reason
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This is a known problem. It happens Fedora releases 28 and newer, which don’t require password for root account during
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installation https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ReduceInitialSetupRedundancy#Root_Account[Root Account] and use
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first user added as `administrator/superuser`. In this case root account is locked, and if `/home` is inaccessible – then
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the system can’t use superuser/administrator account either.
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== What to Do?
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If you find yourself in this situation and you can’t resolve problem with `/home` mounting from Live disk/USB,
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and you need access to emergency mode, the solution is simple.
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. Boot into Live disk/usb and chroot into your Fedora installations as documented in this xref:grub2-bootloader.adoc#_restoring_bootloader_using_live_disk[Fedora Quick-docs Article]
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- following steps depends of your File System `LVM/BTRF/LUKS`.
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. Unlock root account by supplying password for it:
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+
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passwd root
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. Exit chroot environment with [Ctrl-d] or
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+
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----
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exit
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----
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. Reboot your computer with GUI or with
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+
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----
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systemctl reboot
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