[SunHELP] forgot root password

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thanks 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	jh [SMTP:jh at r2r.de]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:00 PM
> To:	sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject:	Re: [SunHELP] forgot root password
> 
> It`s no greater Problem, if you use the following steps:
> 
> 1. Get down your machine in OBP:   # init 0
> 2. Boot from CD-Rom:                    ok boot cdrom -s   (-s is
> important,
> otherwise you will install)
> 3. Check your filesystem:                  # fsck /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
> (check
> your boot hdd)
> 4. mount the filesystem to /a              # mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0  /a
> 5. set the terminal                             # TERM=sun
>                                                        # export TERM   (if
> you don`t set the TERM-Var, you will have to work with a one-line editor)
> 6. open /a/etc/shadow                     # vi /a/etc/shadow
>     and delete the password in the second field
> 7. reboot your system                      # reboot     (reboot is o.k,
> until this step you are working on the root filesystem of the cdrom)
> 
> Now you can login because no password is set. Don`t forget to set a new
> password!
> 
> Have a nice Day!
> 
> "Sathiyaseelan, Sr.SystEng, SCSM/NCB" wrote:
> 
> > Hi ,
> >
> > How to break the root password because we have forgotten the password .
> > Could you pls help on these matter . I am running on solaris 2.6 , can i
> > know the steps of overcamming these problem .
> >
> > regards
> > seelan
> >
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