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On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 2:48 AM, Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 11:22:39PM -0800, Yasha Karant wrote:
>> >
>> >http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1202&L=scientific-linux-users&T=0&P=243
>>
>> [With rd_NO_PLYMOUTH ... no ... prompt for the password for the root
>> filesystem encryption ...]
>>
>> Not having a prompt for the password is what is stated.
>
> Dear Yasha, you need to read what you quote. "password for xxx filesystem encryption"
> is not the same as "login password". But regardless of that, I recommend that you start
> trying things to find out what *actually* happens rather than trying to guess what other
> people writings mean or how software ought to and should work.

I'd missed the encryption part too. Thanks for pointing it out (I've
been quite puzzled by the fact that turning off plymouth might, in
some cases, bypass sulogin).

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