> Instead it drops to a recovery console, BUT if you use a distro without a 'root' password, it can't drop into the recovery console and you're screwed. That'

> Instead it drops to a recovery console, BUT if you use a distro without a 'root' password, it can't drop into the recovery console and you're screwed. That's indeed an unfortunate situation. systemd allows you to set the SYSTEMD_SULOGIN_FORCE environment variable for the rescue.service to override this behaviour and always give you a rootshell. It's an open bug for the Debian installer to set that variable by default if installing without a root password (#952450).