How to boot to single user mode in nixos
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On a nixos installation how does one boot into single user mode?
On a typical linux installation one would set rw init=/sysroot/bin/sh on the bootloader. But nixos being nixos, it has a path that looks like init=/nix/store/[LONG-HASH]-nixos-system-nixos-18.09.228.80754f5cfd6/init
What is the correct path to /bin/sh? Or is there a better way to boot to single user mode on nixos for the purpose of resetting the root password?
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asked Mar 2 at 23:49
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On a nixos installation how does one boot into single user mode?
On a typical linux installation one would set rw init=/sysroot/bin/sh on the bootloader. But nixos being nixos, it has a path that looks like init=/nix/store/[LONG-HASH]-nixos-system-nixos-18.09.228.80754f5cfd6/init
What is the correct path to /bin/sh? Or is there a better way to boot to single user mode on nixos for the purpose of resetting the root password?
nixos
asked Mar 2 at 23:49
jevonearthjevonearth
1011
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Single-user mode split into 2 modes about two decades ago and that is not actually how one invokes either one.
– JdeBP
Mar 3 at 0:00
Take a look at this page in the NixOS manual. Note, you can typeewith systemd-boot to edit the kernel command line: nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-boot-problems
– Emmanuel Rosa
Mar 3 at 5:37
add a comment |
On a nixos installation how does one boot into single user mode?
On a typical linux installation one would set rw init=/sysroot/bin/sh on the bootloader. But nixos being nixos, it has a path that looks like init=/nix/store/[LONG-HASH]-nixos-system-nixos-18.09.228.80754f5cfd6/init
What is the correct path to /bin/sh? Or is there a better way to boot to single user mode on nixos for the purpose of resetting the root password?
nixos
asked Mar 2 at 23:49
jevonearthjevonearth
1011
On a nixos installation how does one boot into single user mode?
On a typical linux installation one would set rw init=/sysroot/bin/sh on the bootloader. But nixos being nixos, it has a path that looks like init=/nix/store/[LONG-HASH]-nixos-system-nixos-18.09.228.80754f5cfd6/init
What is the correct path to /bin/sh? Or is there a better way to boot to single user mode on nixos for the purpose of resetting the root password?
nixos
nixos
asked Mar 2 at 23:49
jevonearthjevonearth
1011
asked Mar 2 at 23:49
jevonearthjevonearth
1011
asked Mar 2 at 23:49
jevonearthjevonearth
1011
asked Mar 2 at 23:49
jevonearthjevonearth
1011
asked Mar 2 at 23:49
jevonearthjevonearth
1011
1011
1
Single-user mode split into 2 modes about two decades ago and that is not actually how one invokes either one.
– JdeBP
Mar 3 at 0:00
Take a look at this page in the NixOS manual. Note, you can typeewith systemd-boot to edit the kernel command line: nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-boot-problems
– Emmanuel Rosa
Mar 3 at 5:37
add a comment |
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Single-user mode split into 2 modes about two decades ago and that is not actually how one invokes either one.
– JdeBP
Mar 3 at 0:00
Take a look at this page in the NixOS manual. Note, you can typeewith systemd-boot to edit the kernel command line: nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-boot-problems
– Emmanuel Rosa
Mar 3 at 5:37
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Single-user mode split into 2 modes about two decades ago and that is not actually how one invokes either one.
– JdeBP
Mar 3 at 0:00
Single-user mode split into 2 modes about two decades ago and that is not actually how one invokes either one.
– JdeBP
Mar 3 at 0:00
Take a look at this page in the NixOS manual. Note, you can type
e with systemd-boot to edit the kernel command line: nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-boot-problems– Emmanuel Rosa
Mar 3 at 5:37
Take a look at this page in the NixOS manual. Note, you can type
e with systemd-boot to edit the kernel command line: nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-boot-problems– Emmanuel Rosa
Mar 3 at 5:37
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Single-user mode split into 2 modes about two decades ago and that is not actually how one invokes either one.
– JdeBP
Mar 3 at 0:00
Take a look at this page in the NixOS manual. Note, you can type
ewith systemd-boot to edit the kernel command line: nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-boot-problems– Emmanuel Rosa
Mar 3 at 5:37