[SPARCbook] Sparcbook 3GX problem

[John Appleby]

At the ok prompt type

boot -s

mount /dev/whateveryourdiskis /a

TERM=sun
Export TERM

vi /a/etc/shadow

remove the password field of root, exit vi

cd /
umount /a
init 6

-----Original Message-----
From: sparcbook-bounces at sunhelp.org
[mailto:sparcbook-bounces at sunhelp.org] On Behalf Of Vasisht Reddy
Tadigotla
Sent: 18 January 2004 20:31
To: sparcbook at sunhelp.org
Subject: [SPARCbook] Sparcbook 3GX problem

Hi,

I have a Sparcbook 3GX for which I don't have a root password and it
doesn't have any other accounts. Is there any way to reset the root
password from open boot prompt or boot into single user mode ? The
screen
also gets all fuzzy and unreadable at boot up, but becomes normal when
CDE
starts up. I'm not sure what it's due to and if it is repairable.

I don't have an external CD drive and the tadpole media. It's running
SunOS 4.1.2.

Thanks,

Vasisht

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