Not able to login to the server, following mesasge seen in console : "Starting udev:" "MAKEDEV: no such user: root"

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Issue

  • Server boots up but the root id is invalid and cannot login via ssh or the console. Following message is seen on the console "

    "Starting udev:" "MAKEDEV: no such user: root"
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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