Bug#750019: systemd: systemctl rescue does not work on virtual console

[Francois Mescam]

On 31/05/2014 20:24, Michael Biebl wrote:

> 
> Are you absolutely sure that you haven't mistyped your passphrase?
> Could you set your root password to something trivial which works across
> different keyboard layouts and try again?

I try with a trivial password I always obtain the issue.

> 
> You might activate the debug-shell via
> systemctl start debug-shell.service
> 
> This way you can inspect on tty9 what is going on.
> E.g. running journalctl -f or tail -f /var/log/auth.log might give you a
> clue.

I do that and some tests always by doing on a root virtual console :
systemctl start debug-shell.service
systemctl rescue

After typing systemctl rescue an before entering the password I see a
line about plymouth not available. I install the plymouth package and
all its dependances and noting change.

After entering the password (with NL it's the same) I obtain a line on
tty9 :
login[...]: FAILED LOGIN (1) on '/dev/tty1' for 'UNKNOWN' user not known
to the underlying authetication

In place of password if I type Ctrl-D nothing happend and nothing write
on tty9

After all tests I type Ctrl-Alt-Suppress and the system reboots.

I attach a photo of an example of the screen before I type
Ctrl-Alt-Suppress.

I try to run run sulogin on a virtual console, it works correctly.
> 


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 Francois Mescam Tel:+33 6 16 05 77 61
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