The following methods can be used for resetting the root password if the root password is unknown. If you use GRUB for booting, select the system to be booted, and add 1 to the end of the kernel boot ...

Normally, I can get this to work, but I think there's a new authentication layer getting in my way. If I change in /etc/ssh/sshd_config "PermitRootLogon yes" I can get in via password. If I change it ...