From: nunojsilva@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-23, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-23 22:18, Eli the Bearded wrote:   
   >> In comp.os.linux.misc, Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >>> At least in openSUSE. No /home, no login, it silently fails (at least in   
   >>> graphical mode).   
   >>   
   >> Graphical mode. That could be your problem. But that's fixable with a   
   >> a little care for your X11 config. With no xsession or xinit files, it   
   >> should spin up a single xterm, maybe with twm. Wayland probably hasn't   
   >> got a fallback.   
   >   
   > If you can not login, you can not fix anything.   
      
   What's still puzzling me here is that passwd and shadow are under /etc,   
   so... login should work regardless of /home being mounted or not?   
      
   Perhaps unless this is going through PAM and there is some module doing   
   something more than logging in?   
      
   (Would such systems still have a single-user mode/runlevel available?)   
      
   > I don't remember the details, it was years ago. The point is that I   
   > want every possibility available, in case something goes wrong. I want   
   > to be able to login as root graphically, just in case.   
   >   
   > I just tried in a fresh install of 16.0, and I can login as root into   
   > XFCE. Yellow background. Perfect. Not even a warning message. Not that   
   > I will use it, but I like that the decision is mine to take.   
      
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