How to prevent the boot-stopper: Give root password for maintenance (or press Control-D to continue):

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I would like to prevent a server from hanging at reboot prompting for root password or ctrl+D in case of a disk event. The below guide appears outdated, since on my Debian Wheezy don't have a /boot/grub/menu.lst file, but then what?

http://www.tomatosoft.biz/blog/2012/01/21/avoid-boot-stopper-give-root-password-for-maintenance/

That's a bad idea. That pause is in there for a reason, so you can inspect the system before doing something potentially destructive like fsck. — Dennis Kaarsemaker, Nov 12 '13 at 20:48
It's equally evil that the system stops upon boot so it cannot be inspected remotely. — maasha, Dec 11 '13 at 09:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 12 '13 at 14:10

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your OS is using grub2. In grub2 there is no /boot/grub/menu.lst. It has been replaced by /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

answered Nov 12 '13 at 14:10

Danila Ladner

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Right, so the fix proposed in the link above does not work with grub2 configuration? – maasha Nov 12 '13 at 14:16
Grub2 still preserved quite options and many more from grub. Refer to grub2 manual http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html#mozTocId624480 It explains lots of things. – Danila Ladner Nov 12 '13 at 14:40

How to prevent the boot-stopper: Give root password for maintenance (or press Control-D to continue):

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