Years ago, when I first set up a non-free OS on my laptop PC, one of the very
first things it did was ask me to set an administrative password. I know this
because that password appears near the top of the page of notes that I kept
at the time.
Trisquel 7.0 didn't do this, and even after a second install, I am still
befuddled by the oblique manner in which the matter of setting a root
password is approached in Trisquel 7.0.
OK - I understand what you're saying is that this teeny little
9999-steps-to-break five-digit grub password is what I am to use to log into
the second item displayed in the grub menu on restart. Even that item is not
called "enter root console," but something like "perform advanced Trisquel
tasks," even though it is just a terminal.
What I now specifically want to know is this: Is that second item in the grub
menu the root terminal, and can I use it to set a root password that I can
later use to perform these advanced tasks while running in a GUI interface ?
This is a security issue, as that five-digit grub password is hopelessly
weak.
