[SPARCbook] Root password

[Sunder]

Erm, make that vi {whatever}/etc/shadow 

i.e.

Hold Pause-A on boot up, then type in
boot cdrom -srv

Once you're in,

mount /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s0 /mnt
vi /mnt/etc/shadow

Remove the password field for root, then get out of vi and type in:

init 6


On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Sunder wrote:

> Boot off the Solaris CD with boot cdrom -srv, mount the root partition of
> your hard drive, edit /etc/passwd on it.
> 
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>   /|\  :masked killer, but  |don't email them, or put them on a web  \|/
>  + v + :will violate privacy|site, and you must change them very often.
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> 
> On 17 Jun 2000, GARY GODDARD wrote:
> 
> > I have just obtained a Sparkbook 3GX. Great machine.
> > 
> > Unfortunatly I have forgotten the root password (How do you mistype a password
> > twice?).
> > 
> > Can anyone help?
> > 
> > Thanks Gary.
> > 
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