[SunRescue] Q: regarding Axil 220/245 systems...

[Mike Hebel]

Ok.  That brings up a question for me - what happens if you accidentally
delete the passwd file?  What about doing this on NIS/NIS+ systems?  What
happens to the credentials?

Mike Hebel

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From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Bill Bradford
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 14:41
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Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Q: regarding Axil 220/245 systems...


On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 02:10:05PM -0700, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> > I've got such a section planned, actually - I'm going to separate things
> > more into "software" or "hardware" related, soon, and start adding more
> > hardware info, plus a bunch of FAQs that arent answered anywhere else.
Such
> > as:
> >         - how to open a 411 case
> >         - how to fix a root password (I get this more often than
ANYTHING)
> Fix a root password?  You mean, change it without knowing it?  Is
> that possible?
> Kurt

Yeah - you boot in single user mode off a Solaris cdrom, mount up the
HD, and edit the passwd file to remove it.

Bill

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