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NaNaN

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Registered: 2021-01-04

Posts: 65

Locked out with mounted filesystem - Need advice

I've just installed Arch and locked myself out AFTER I mounted a large volume. I forgot to update the shadow password file and is why I can't get back in.

Is there a way back in or am I going to have to reboot with this partition mounted?

Thanks

Last edited by NaNaN (2021-02-13 21:04:20)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,346

Re: Locked out with mounted filesystem - Need advice

Normal shutdowns/reboot will generally  unmount all mounted partitions and ensure they are in a proper state, so if that is your concern that shouldn't be an issue, especially not if you haven't actually written any/much data.

Not sure what you actually did to end up in the "locked out" state, but rebooting doesn't harm a mounted partition