Bug#1134098: "Enter root password for system maintenance" doesn't accept passwords longer than 127 characters

[Lorenzo]

Hi Andy

> -----
> You are in emergency mode. After logging in, type "journalctl -xb" to 
> view
> system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, or "exit"
> to continue bootup.
> Enter root password for system maintenance
> (or press Control-D to continue):
> -----

could you clarify if you are using systemd a init?
I don't think initscripts code (that is used with sysvinit) 
is printing that message with the recommendation to look at
"journalctl -xb" output or type "systemctl reboot"

Best,
Lorenzo

On Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:22:23 +0100
Mark Hindley <mark at hindley.org.uk> wrote:

> Andy,
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 11:14:34AM +0100, Andy Bennett wrote:
> > 
> > Package: initscripts
> > Version: 3.14-4
> 
> I don't think this is anything to do with initscripts: sulogin is
> provided by src:util-linux.
> 
> Chris,
> 
> I don't want to reassign this prematurely, but I think this might be
> for you. Any comments?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mark
>