On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 02:52:12PM -0600, Jake wrote: > hello list, > > i have taken a R3.1 system installed from the ISO and attempted to upgrade > it to R3.2 by following the instructions from the docs ( > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/upgrade-to-r3.2/ ), but i have encountered an > unusually irritating problem in the process: after getting to step 7 of the > dom0 upgrade, the machine was rebooted and i cannot log into dom0 using the > password that worked fine with R3.1. i am 100% certain that this is not a > PEBCAK error and that my previously working password for dom0 is no longer > working. > > that said, this is typically an easy enough problem to fix on most *nix > systems: drop to single user mode during boot and reset the password for > root or whatever user. i have searched the qubes-users archives, found no > advice on how to do this and had no luck trying this myself. i have used the > install ISO to boot into "rescue mode", manually mounted the LUKS volume and > attempted to reset the password to no avail. it would appear that the passwd > installed in dom0 does not support the -R option, nor does passwd work > properly inside a chroot, e.g. mount / filesystem on /mnt, run 'chroot /mnt' > and run 'chroot <username>'. > > if there is a trick to interrupting the qubes boot process to drop into > single user mode, i would greatly appreciate someone sharing that > information. it seems the issue is that this must occur between unlocking > the LUKS volume and arriving at the password prompt for dom0. > > regards, > > jake >
Hi Jake Sorry to hear of your problem. I havent encountered this in a number of upgrades. If you want to use a chroot, then you need to do something like this: Mount the decrypted disk to /mnt $ sudo mount ‐‐bind /dev /mnt/dev $ sudo mount ‐‐bind /proc /mnt/proc $ sudo mount ‐‐bind /sys /mnt/sys Then chroot, and the passwd command should work within the chroot. (If you've already tried this, apologies - it isnt clear from your post.) unman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20170103025143.GA20791%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
