Comment 23 for bug 43233

Martin Pitt wrote:
"However, I could log into a different console/pty without any problem in every case, so it never locked me out completely. Did that happen to anyone?"

In short, no, not to me. I believe that having the option "tty_tickets" in '/etc/sudoers' should prevent this from being a real possibility.

(I did point out at some point that _if_ your X failed to start _and_ you only had one getty configured, you'd be in slightly more trouble. Of course, if you've modified your install this much, you know how to e.g. use a rescue disc.)