systemd alt-f9: why is there an open root shell? [Solved]

[russK]

I have my box with gnome 3.12 installed and therefore with systemd. Perhaps not necessarily germane, but gdm is enabled.

Why is a root shell available on the virtual terminal on F9? This doesn't seem like the most secure thing in the world. Luckily I lock my doors when I go out


Thanks

[Adel Ahmed]

I think that might be the debug shell, it's a service intended to troubleshoot early boot problems

try running systemctl status debug-shell
if the service is running just disable it:
systemctl disable debug-shell

[russK]

That was it, thanks!