Fwd: Re: [SunHELP] forgot root password

[steve price]

for intel, you have to boot either from the cdrom or
the floppy, and at the place where it offers you the
two choices
1) interactive install
2) custom jumpstart
chooose >

type in:    b -s

not 1 or 2

that will start a cdrom load single user.
after that it the normal mount and fix the shadow file
etc.

--- Edward Chase <echase at postoffice.providence.edu>
wrote:
> Crap.  I noticed the Intel word as it fired off.
> 
> Obviously Stop+A and the OK prompt doesn't apply
> here...
> 
> There still must be some way of booting into single
> user mode using the 
> Solaris CD.
> 
> 
> 
> At 11:23 AM 9/13/2001 -0400, Edward Chase wrote:
> >Here's a repost from 2 days ago...
> >
> >
> >>Delivered-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> >>From: "Steve Wingate" <steve at velosystems.net>
> >>To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
> >>Subject: Re: [SunHELP] forgot root password
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> >>Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:06:20 -0700
> >>
> >>   1.. grab a solaris cdrom and put it in your
> cdrom drive
> >>   2.. hit stop+a
> >>   3.. at the 'ok' prompt, type boot cdrom -s
> >>   4.. cd /tmp
> >>   5.. mkdir /tmp/xxx
> >>   (doesn't matter what xxx is)
> >>   6.. mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /tmp/root/xxx
> >>   (where c0t0d0s0 is the location of your root
> drive)
> >>   7.. start csh
> >>   8.. setenv TERM vt220
> >>   9.. cp /tmp/root/xxx/shadow
> /tmp/root/xxx/shadow/shadow.oops
> >>   10.. vi /tmp/root/xxx/shadow and delete the
> encrypted password on the
> >>root account
> >>   11.. reboot, login with root a nd no password,
> and reset your root
> >>password
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Raghu Kota" <raghukota at hotmail.com>
> >>To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 7:49 AM
> >>Subject: Re: [SunHELP] forgot root password
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Go to OK prompt and try to change and get in to
> the system.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > >From: "sridhar n" <sri_en at indiainfo.com>
> >> > >Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> >> > >To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> >> > >Subject: [SunHELP] forgot root password
> >> > >Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:08:10 +0530
> >> > >
> >> > >hi all
> >> > >i forgot my root password
> >> > >please help how to recover
> >> > >
> >> > >thanks
> >> > >sridhar
> 
>
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