From 8c913bbe2a465b61717b3e7085f369990996aaa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ro Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 18:20:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update single-user-mode instructions to include current kernelopts, note GRUB menu access differs by hardware. --- docs/rebuild_admin.rst | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/rebuild_admin.rst b/docs/rebuild_admin.rst index 82db41ef2..163ba63a1 100644 --- a/docs/rebuild_admin.rst +++ b/docs/rebuild_admin.rst @@ -65,11 +65,12 @@ server by booting in single user mode. In order to do so, you'll need physical access to the server, a keyboard, and a monitor. First, connect a monitor and keyboard to the *Monitor Server*. Then reboot the server. -When the GRUB menu appears, make sure the **Ubuntu** entry is highlighted, and -press **e** to edit boot options. +Enter the GRUB menu (instructions vary by hardware), ensure the **Ubuntu** +entry is highlighted, and press **e** to edit boot options. + In the boot options for Ubuntu, find the line that starts with ``linux`` and ends -with ``ro``. Add ``single`` after ``ro``, separated by a space, and press -**F10** to boot in single user mode. +with ``noefi ipv6.disable=1 quiet``. Add ``single`` after ``quiet``, separated +by a space, and press **F10** to boot in single user mode. Reset the SecureDrop admin user's password ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~